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Stephen Carter: Torture Can Be Wrong and Still Work

German authorities used beatings and threats of torture to get Magnus GĂ€fgen to confess to killing a child. Stephen Carter on why, if the goal is to obtain information, torture can work.

Stephen L. Carter
Stephen L. Carter
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Magnus Gaefgen waits during a break of his trial against the Hesse police in Frankfurt, March 2011. Photo Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters-Landov
Stephen L. Carter

Stephen L. Carter

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