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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 12, 2009

Booting Out Torture

As information about U.S.-sanctioned torture tactics come out, it is time to reassert our commitment to the rule of law, writes M. Katherine Darmer.

FOCUS COLUMN

By M. Katherine Darmer

I read with interest the April 22, 2009 Daily Law Journal article, "Law Professor Debates Bush Era Torture Memos." I was one of four law professors at Chapman who participated in the debate. While your staff writer devoted five paragraphs to a thorough description of the arguments made by John Yoo, he reduced the arguments made by the others side to one sentence each. His coverage contrasted sharply with that pr...

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