Assertion: torture | /r/CapableOf | extort confession
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Source sentences:
text: In England the trial by jury developed considerable freedom in evaluating evidence and condemning on circumstantial evidence, making torture to extort confessions unnecessary.
text: The Lieber Code, also known as the Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field of 1863, states that “military necessity does not admit cruelty, including torture to extort confessions.