A Comment About

Justice Run Amok

May 20, 2009 - 12:26 am - by Jennifer Rubin
Joe Triscari
2009-05-20 19:04:58

Title 18, Sec 2340


(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;

Individuals unable to tell the difference between George Washington and a terrorist are now morally outraged and think interpreting this clause in a way they do not approve of is a criminal act.

Their moral authority is not what they think it is.