Torture

by Henry Charles Lea, Jerre Gerlando Mangione (Introduction)

Originally published as part IV of Lea's Superstition and Force, this volume is one of the most succinct accounts in English of the place of torture in the legal process from the Roman Empire to the nineteenth century.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1866

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

An important discussion about the way torture often quickly overwhelms and destroys a system of justice; something we should be concerned about considering the multiple ways in which it seems to have crept into the American criminal justice system. It reinforces the need for the principle of "innocent until proven guilty".