Scott Silliman
Scott Silliman
Scott L. Silliman is a Professor of the Practice of Law at Duke Law School, and Executive Director of Duke Law School's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at North Carolina Central University...
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I think the court is going to have to take it. This is a vital case on the principle of an American citizen captured in the United States and what constitutional rights does he have.
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There is no empirical data of which I am aware that says one way or the other we yield credible information from acts of torture. However, coming out of Vietnam, we do have some anecdotal evidence that people will say anything to stop pain.
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There is a great deal of ambiguity and uncertainty in what they did, and I would not predict how the courts will decide this.