Torture is Torture – It’s Illegal and Wrong

BY DAVID P. GUSHEE AND WILLIAM S. SESSIONS Twenty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan vigorously championed U.S. ratification of the international Convention Against Torture, which he signed on April 18, 1988. Reagan acclaimed it as having marked a significant step in the development of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment. “Ratification of the […]