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4 War Crimes Genocide & Crimes against Human. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/warcrim4 and id is 1 raw text is: War Crimes, Genocide, & Crimes against Humanity Volume 4 (2010): 1-58 Torture in the Law of the Fifty American States: Searching for Definition* Ronald L. Nelson University of South Alabama Abstract Torture is the subject of considerable contemporary debate on both the national and international stages. In particular, questions regarding torture appear in a number of settings related to the current War on Terrorism. A significant aspect of this debate is the definition of torture: just what is torture or a tortuous act? This study examines how American states have viewed torture within the context of their own laws and offers Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. This paper is based on a presentation made at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal justice Sciences held in Seattle, Washington in March 2007. An earlier related version was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association held in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 2007. The comments of the panels and meeting participants are acknowledged and appreciated. The author can be contacted at: rnelson@usouthal.edu.

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