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Originally posted by losthellhound
You consider sodium pentathol torture?
I present the hypothetical
Suspect A. Suspect A has been investigated and the police have presented enough evidence to the court to warrent an indictment. After a routine health check to ensure there will be no complications the suspect is given a pre determined dose of sodium pentathol by doctors approved through a process akin to jury duty.
No purgery, no lies in court.
Lawyer - "did you rape that girl"
suspect A. - "Yes I did"
- we can be assured he is not lying because he cannot
or
Lawyer - "did you rape that girl"
suspect A. - "No I did not"
- we can be assured he is not lying because he cannot
sounds beautifull to me..
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Well...
1, My understanding is that no so called truth drugs are 100% realible
2, I believe that the use of such drugs could cause pyschological damage to the people they are used on.
3, I believe the results under these conditions could be manipulated - the drugs would create something like a hypnotic state where the victim would give pre-programmed answers.
4, if drugs like this were available and used, very quickly we would find them being used, not o question child rapists, but peace protestors, arabs, people who live in the mountains and have a lot of guns... once the tool is available we can be sure the state will abuse it.
I mean, with the right methods, people can be made to admit to anything - look at the Stalinist show trials for example...