Original sentence: Dershowitz has said that the torture might take the form of a "sterilized needle underneath the nail", and that the torture would have to be non-lethal.He states that torture would be used in a "ticking bomb" scenario, regardless of whether or not the law permitted it, and that it would be less destructive to the rule of law to regulate the process than to leave it up to the discretion of individual law-enforcement agents
Edited sentence: Dershowitz has suggested that the torture might take the form of a "sterilized needle underneath the nail", and that the torture would have to be non-lethal.He contends that torture would be used in a "ticking bomb" case whether or not the law permitted it, and that it would be less destructive to the rule of law to regulate the process than to leave it up to the discretion of individual law-enforcement agents