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Chuck Turchick

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Guantanamo detainees
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U.S. has never held accountable those who authorized torture

By Chuck Turchick | 08/01/12

This failure has continued in spite of a worldwide trend of holding high government officials accountable for human-rights violations.

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U.S. touts 'Equal Justice Under Law' -- except when it comes to Bush and torture

By Chuck Turchick | 09/16/11
"Equal Justice Under Law." Along with a seal of the United States, those four words appear on a huge marble slab covering almost the entire back wall opposite the entrance of the Federal Building/U.S.
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A useful way of looking at torture: the bank robbery analogy

By Chuck Turchick | 07/21/10
Does bank robbery work? Most people think that's a strange — almost absurd — question. Many respond, "Huh?" But think about it. What if the bank robber had a family relying on him or her, with children who literally didn't have enough to eat?
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Accountability for torture is about the soul of our country, yet we hear only silence from our leaders

By Chuck Turchick | 06/03/10
June has been designated Torture Awareness Month, but you won't hear anything about that from our government. Just as it hides our detention facilities, it hides from the truth and denies our history. No one wants torture on the front pages.
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This year will mark an official sanction of U.S. torture

By Chuck Turchick | 01/05/10
Time is running out. Sometime in 2010, we will officially become a nation that sanctions torture.