Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | unnecessary
Facets:
value: on someone
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in proving guilt
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Cesare Beccaria, an Italian lawyer, published in 1764 "An Essay on Crimes and Punishments", in which he argued that torture unjustly punished the innocent and should be unnecessary in proving guilt.
text: Craig feels the torture is unnecessary on someone who cannot even remember his crimes.
text: Indeed, most seasoned interrogators recognize that torture is not only immoral and illegal, but ineffective and unnecessary as well.