Assertion: torture | /r/CapableOf | take place
Facets:
value: below the radar screen of accountability
type: OTHER
value: within its borders
type: LOCATION
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: on its government's behalf
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: during the early modern period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: During the early modern period, the torture of witches took place.
text: While the United States is a party to international conventions against torture, a proponent of human rights treaties and a critic of torture by other countries, torture has taken place within its borders and on its government's behalf outside of its borders.
text: When torture takes place, people believe they are on the high moral ground, that the nation is under threat and they are the front line protecting the nation, and people will be grateful for what they are doing.
text: Torture usually takes place when someone in authority intentionally causes severe pain or suffering for a specific purpose, such as getting information or in retaliation against someone.
text: I see it not as a compromise with civil liberties but rather as an effort to maximize civil liberties in the face of the realistic likelihood that torture does and will, in fact, take place below the radar screen of accountability.
text: Although the exclusionary rule places the burden of proof on the procuratorate to demonstrate that the police obtained evidence legally, judges often continue to expect detainees to prove that torture had taken place.