10 Disturbing Torture & Execution Methods | TWISTED TENS #49
More than 100 people were “disappeared” by the U.S. government and shuttled to secret detention sites between 2002 and 2008. Many were tortured.
Thanks to a new U.S. Senate report, we know more about how this happened than ever before. We’re calling it “The American Torture Story.” It’s a story that had to be written: and now it’s a story that must be read.
Shockingly, the US Justice Department, charged with investigating violations of the law, is apparently refusing to read to this Senate study—let alone act upon it. And as a new Amnesty International report shows: No one has been brought to justice. The United States is providing de facto amnesty to torturers.
Here’s 6 ways that those responsible have gotten away with torture – and 6 reasons we must act.
1. Don’t Call It Torture – It’s “Enhanced Interrogation”
A man is stripped, beaten, put in diapers, hung from the wall, immersed in ice water baths, shackled into a position where he is forcibly deprived of sleep for days. The interrogators try to simulate death: mock executions, near drownings, mock burials in coffin-shaped boxes.
Yet many individuals at the highest levels of government—including President Obama—continue to use euphemisms like “enhanced interrogation” and “stress positions” to describe torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Instead of confronting the truth, they sanitize it.
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2. Lawyer Up
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The CIA sought and received go-ahead from government lawyers to engage in acts amounting to the crimes under international law of torture and enforced disappearance. Those responsible knew that they might be found out, sooner or later. The CIA even sought an advance “declination of prosecution” from the Justice Department.
And when someone at a CIA detention site sent a cable voicing concern that an 8-day interrogation that had involved repeatedly slamming a detainee into the wall and placing him in a coffin-shaped box for hours was “approaching the legal limit,” he was admonished to keep “any speculative language as to the legality” offline. “Such language is not helpful,” a senior CIA official wrote back.
3. Check the Boxes
It’s hard to imagine now, but dozens of doctors, psychologists and lawyers were involved in monitoring torture and other abuses in the CIA program. They were there to check the boxes – and ensure that torture and other abuses continued with a veneer of legality and science.
A gruesome example: Muhammad Rahim al Afghani. He was usually “shackled in a standing position, wearing a diaper and a pair of shorts” for sleep deprivation “exercises” that went on for days. Psychologists not only signed off; one decided that after four days of sleep deprivation, Rahim’s visual and auditory hallucinations were fake. And so Rahim was put on sleep deprivation for another 2 and a half days. Justice Department lawyers later gave the go-ahead for even more sleep deprivation.
4. Keep It Secret
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Even with so many people involved, the CIA tried to keep its program secret from the public. And that secrecy inevitably led the CIA to go beyond even the kind of torture it had decided to authorize. The Senate torture report provides a window into just how horrific the CIA’s detention sites were:
“[L]iterally, a detainee could go for days or weeks without anyone looking at him,” according to one CIA interrogator. He said that his team found one detainee who “as far as we could determine,” had been chained to a wall in a standing position for 17 days.
Another man, Gul Rahman, literally froze to death overnight. After “48 hours of sleep deprivation, auditory overload, total darkness, isolation, a cold shower and rough treatment,” the CIA decided he was uncooperative and removed all of his clothes except a sweatshirt. Rahman was then shackled to a concrete wall overnight. The next day, guards found Rahman dead. An internal CIA review and autopsy assessed he likely died from hypothermia.
5. Take the Moral High Ground
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney said, “I’d do it again in a minute,” (David McNew/Getty Images)
After the release of the Senate torture report in December, proponents of the CIA program came out swinging. “I’d do it again in a minute,” former Vice President Dick Cheney said. “Critics of our policies are given to lecturing on the theme of being consistent with American values,” he said in 2009. “But no moral value held dear by the American people obliges public servants to sacrifice innocent lives to spare a captured terrorist from unpleasant things.”
Proponents of the CIA program act as though if they repeat something often enough, the public will simply come to believe it. As Amnesty International wrote in a 2008 report:
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“Deny enough times that waterboarding and other ‘enhanced’ interrogation techniques are torture, repeatedly call them ‘lawful,’ reiterate at every possible opportunity that their use has ‘saved innocent lives,’ and perhaps people may be persuaded that their government is on the right side of morality and legality.”
But we can – and must — challenge these attempts to rewrite the history of torture and other abuses.
6. Make Accountability a Dirty Word
Not only did those responsible for these crimes evade prosecution, they succeeded in making accountability a dirty word in U.S. political circles. Even President Obama, who acknowledged last year, “we tortured some folks,” has tried to avoid accountability. “Nothing will be gained,” he wrote in 2009, “by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.”
Torture and enforced disappearances are crimes under international law. Crimes must have consequences. For any country, let alone one as powerful and influential as the USA to act in a way that says that its officials can at any point distort the law, commit crimes, and be given a get out of jail free card, sets a dangerous example and increases the risk of recurrence.
Join us in urging the Justice Department: It’s time to read the Senate torture report, and act on any evidence of human rights violations.
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What happens when you are mentally tortured?
Many refugees in the developed world are survivors of torture and present with health needs without their traumatic experience being disclosed or identified. Chronic pain is a common problem, as are symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and other distress. Current circumstances, particularly poverty, uncertainty about asylum, separation from or loss of family and roles, and difficulties settling in the host country, all contribute to current psychological problems and exacerbate existing ones. Psychological treatment studies tend to be focused either on PTSD diagnosis and use protocol-driven treatment, usually in the developed world, or on multiple problems using multimodal treatment including advocacy and welfare interventions, usually in the developing world. Reviews of both of these, and some of the major criticisms, are described. Psychological interventions tend to produce medium-sized changes in targeted measures of distress, when compared with waiting lists or standard treatment, but these may fall well short of enabling recovery, and long-term follow-up is rare. A human rights context, with reference to cultural difference in expressing distress and seeking help, and with reference to the personal meaning of torture, is essential as a basis for formulating treatment initiatives based on the evidence reviewed.
Summary points
Refugees with a history of torture may have a wide range of psychological and social difficulties which do not easily fit within diagnostic categories.
Torture and its sequelae can have multiple meanings and, in the clinical context, it is the interpretation of the torture survivor that matters.
There are doubts about applying the concept and measures of post-traumatic stress disorder: symptoms should be assessed separately.
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Current circumstances can be as important as trauma history in understanding the psychological state of a torture survivor.
Cognitive behavioural therapy and narrative exposure therapy seem equally effective in reducing trauma symptoms, and to a lesser extent, depression.
Keywords: Asylum seeker, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), refugee, trauma
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Torture as context
Torture is variously defined, but the most widely used definition is Article 1 of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture:
Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
United Nations Convention Against Torture, Article 1.11
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This definition has been extended to include violence by unofficial agents, as in civil conflict, but all definitions refer to intentional infliction of pain and/or suffering.
Given the centrality of pain, the intensity of many profoundly cruel and destructive torture practices, and the distress at the time of infliction, it is unsurprising that chronic pain is a common result in survivors.2 Psychological effects can also last or develop later, and we would not endorse the common practice of distinguishing between physical and psychological torture methods and torture effects, since the effects of any torture on health are widespread, and assuming specific effects in physical or psychological domains is inconsistent with the evidence (United Nations).3 Pain clinicians, therefore, are likely to encounter torture survivors with persistent pain and with psychological problems, commonly in the context of social and financial difficulties.
Under-recognition by generalist and specialist healthcare workers of torture survivors is the norm,4 and disclosure occurs in only a minority of cases, and rarely at first meeting. Most patients have described their experiences mainly to immigration officials and may well anticipate scepticism and hostile questions. Doctors, psychologists, or other health workers may even have been present at their torture. However, the alert clinician who is aware of (or who carries out a quick search on the Internet) political, ethnic, or religious persecution in a patient’s country of origin can raise the topic and ask the patient if he or she were affected. A positive response can be followed by more specific questions. Even if the individual does not feel prepared, or trust the clinician sufficiently, to disclose at that time, he or she has in effect an invitation to disclose. Fearing the patient’s disclosure can be a deterrent to asking such questions, and the account can be very distressing for the clinician, who needs to be prepared to handle it.
The context of torture, for both pain and psychological difficulties, is very important and the meanings of the experience differ enormously among torture survivors, from feelings of defeat and despair to pride in survival and resilience. There is no substitute for asking the patient. Torture is widespread and not confined to any one ethnic, national, or geographic group, but practised throughout the world. The physical and psychological consequences are often compounded by further trauma and challenges to resources during flight, on arrival and in detention in the host country, and in current circumstances. Long-term psychological problems reported by survivors of torture are usually classified as trauma, anxiety, depression, and, more rarely, problems of a psychotic nature, but health problems including pain are very frequent, and may include serious disease such as tuberculosis or human immunodeficiency virus with a background of poor nutrition and severe and immunocompromising stress. The normal buffers of social support and financial resources have almost always been lost on fleeing the home country, and even basic communication in English may be a struggle.
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A refugee is defined by being outside his or her country and being unable to return there because of ‘a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion’ (UNHCR).5 Asylum is protection given under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. However, the country to which application for asylum is made forms its own judgement of whether or not the fear is ‘well-founded’, and may return unsuccessful asylum applicants to persecution, torture, and death.
The process of claiming asylum is slow and bureaucratic, although the decision may be made and acted upon suddenly; many adverse decisions are successfully appealed.6 To either applicants or their advocates, the system does not seem to to be fair or accountable.7 While awaiting the decision, the applicant may be put in detention for days or months, again without being given a reason, and there is plentiful evidence of retraumatisation by this imprisonment.8 Out of detention, the asylum seeker is offered accommodation anywhere in the UK without the right to choose where he or she lives, and is entitled to free health care and to a proportion of income support: currently less than £40 per week for a single person over 18 (UK Borders Agency, 2013).9 He or she is not permitted to work, so paying for phone calls in pursuit of the asylum claim or to family members abroad often means going hungry. Once asylum is granted, the refugee can seek work, and is entitled to welfare, but accommodation is no longer provided, and many become homeless at this point until confirmation of their civil status allows them to claim benefits. Such difficulties can contribute substantially to the mental health problems experienced by the asylum seeker.8
There is no clear planning to address the health and welfare needs of refugees, including those seeking asylum. Much arises in the voluntary sector, so is unevenly provided across the country and is increasingly dependent on unpaid help or diverting resources into fundraising as statutory funding decreases. In the USA, Campbell10 calculated that although there were probably as many torture survivors in the country as Vietnam veterans, only the latter had received extensive development of services specific to their needs.
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Psychological problems following torture
The applicability of psychiatric diagnostic categories is vigorously debated.10,11 Diagnoses are defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (http://www.2shared.com/document/4aLsR1RA/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Man.html), used mainly in the USA, and the International Classification of Diseases (www.who.int/classifications/icd/), used more in Europe. In particular, the applicability of the concept and measures of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is disputed. At one level, there is always a question about applying diagnostic categories and descriptions of symptoms or behaviour developed in Western societies to people from the developing countries with very different personal, political, or religious beliefs and perspectives. One of the most marked differences is between individualist societies where realisation of personal goals often takes priority over the needs of kin and societal expectations, and collectivist societies in which the needs of family and prescribed roles take precedence over personal preferences. Another evident difference is the belief in a subsequent life in which suffering in this life is rewarded, and this has emerged in some studies of torture survivors in South East Asia.
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On a different level, the development of the diagnosis of PTSD for American veterans of the Vietnam War can be understood as a political act which labelled the collective distress of a defeated USA as individual psychopathology. Proponents of this view point to the depoliticisation of the distress of torture survivors by describing their distress, disturbance, and profound sense of injustice in psychiatric terms.11 These are not only conceptual issues but affect treatment, since recovery is associated with reconstruction of social and cultural networks, economic supports, and respect for human rights.
The rich research on treatment of PTSDs in veterans has substantially informed treatment offered to torture survivors. It is more appropriate than extrapolation from work with civilian survivors of single events as individuals (assault, accidents) or as communities or groups (natural or man-made disasters). Some literature distinguishes between single-event trauma (type 1) and prolonged and repeated trauma, such as torture (type 2). There is no doubt that (disregarding concerns about the diagnosis) rates of PTSD are much higher in refugees than among people of a similar age in the countries where the refugees settle, and that, among refugees, rates of PTSD are even higher among those seeking asylum.12,13
The argument that torture causes unique problems waxes and wanes, and is often associated with claims to particular expertise in treatment, and therefore claims on funding, but Gurr et al.14 describe how torture targets the person as a whole – physically, emotionally, and socially – so that PTSD is an inadequate description of the magnitude and complexity of the effects of torture. When the diagnosis of PTSD is applied, some survivors of torture who have very severe symptoms related to trauma may still not reach the criteria for diagnosis. Categories such as ‘complex trauma’ have been proposed, and it may be that the next iterations of the diagnostic compendia may modify the criteria.
Other than post-traumatic stress symptoms, torture survivors have elevated rates of anxiety, depression, and adjustment problems,15 including outbreaks of anger and violence directed towards family members.10 Symptoms should always be understood in the context above. No diagnostic terminology encapsulates the deep distrust of others which many torture survivors have developed, nor the destruction of all that gave their lives meaning. Guilt and shame about humiliation during torture, and about the survivor’s inability to withstand it, as well as guilt at surviving, are common problems which discourage disclosure. On top of this, uncertainty about the future, including the possibility of being sent back to the country in which the survivor was tortured, and the lack of any close confidant or even of any social support, compound the stress. Some current conditions are identifiable as additional risk factors: social isolation, poverty, unemployment, institutional accommodation, and pain can all predict higher levels of emotional distress in torture survivors.16,17
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Treatment of psychological problems
There are few reviews of treatment of trauma-related disorders in torture survivors, and more of refugees, among whom may be an unknown or undisclosed number of torture survivors. A helpful distinction is between studies of treatment for PTSD, often defining the population by diagnosis at baseline, and studies of multimodal treatment, and they will be described in that order.
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The main treatments for PTSD are cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and narrative exposure therapy (NET). In fact, CBT often includes exposure sessions, and was recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence18 for the treatment of post-traumatic stress in non-refugee populations. Exposure is the practice of systematic attention to feared and avoided cues related to the trauma, with the aim of extinguishing the learned association between those cues and the responses. However, this is simpler where there was a single event rather than multiple events, even though in a single event fear may be generated by multiple cues in several modalities (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, proprioceptive). Some of the concerns about applying exposure are elaborated in the review by Nickerson et al.19
CBT typically includes an educational component, normalising physical and psychological reactions to traumatic events, and challenging interpretation of cues, including intrusive images and thoughts, as threatening. NET draws on the practice of writing testimony, developed particularly with refugees from Latin America in the 1970s, which was mainly for the purpose of witnessing and validating experiences, and advocacy on their behalf. However, creating a coherent account of traumatic events from often fragmentary and painful memories, usually in several sessions, has an element of exposure, and may recontextualise them in the politics or conflicts of the time, normalising them to some extent. The combination (as NET) of imaginal exposure and creating a narrative, which may be used as a public statement, is a more recent development but appears to be as effective as CBT. NET is well described in a review by Robjant and Fazel,20 who argue its suitability for people who have suffered prolonged trauma. Their review encompasses adult and child treatments, and reviews studies separately by low/middle-income countries (in refugee camps, or after the conflict has ended) and high-income countries, and they discuss treatment outcomes other than PTSD.
A review in 200421 found only one randomised controlled trial (RCT) of psychological treatment in this population, but more recent reviews12,19 identified about 10. Participants are defined by meeting the diagnosis of PTSD at baseline, and most studies took place in the developed world, among resettling torture survivors. CBT, NET, and exposure, in various combinations, were compared with active controls (the most comparable of which was supportive counselling) or with waiting lists or treatment as usual (which does not control for non-specific effects of an intervention). All showed benefits with effect sizes around 1 (although confidence intervals were often not provided), not only for PTSD symptoms but also some for anxiety, depression, and physical health measures. There were no systematic differences between treatment types. Confidence in the findings is somewhat modified by methodological problems: small numbers, lack of concealment of allocation, and non-blind assessment of outcomes. Combination of CBT with pharmacotherapy, compared with pharmacotherapy alone, showed no difference (see ref. 22), and there were no trials of eye movement desensitisation, which is one of the recommended treatments for non-refugee populations with PTSD18; it uses sensory stimulation to disrupt the association between recalled traumatic memories and negative emotions.
Where the focus is broader than PTSD, interventions are often multimodal and there are too few randomised controlled trials to combine in meta-analyses. Multimodal interventions are the commonest clinical service, in both high-income and low/medium-income countries, although they are often much briefer in the latter. Interventions are designed on the basis of breadth of need of torture survivors, not on testing a therapeutically rigorous intervention. Mental health interventions, often based more on counselling than CBT or formal psychotherapy, are combined with legal and welfare advice and advocacy, practical assistance, language classes, social services, and similar services. In a review of mental health and social support interventions in humanitarian settings, Tol et al.13 found the most common were individual, family, or group counselling; facilitation of community and social support; and provision of child-friendly spaces. Evidence from meta-analysis of trials of building support was good, but participants were not identified as torture survivors, so effectiveness with this group is unknown.
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A recent systematic review of community-based interventions23 describes various group activities with outcomes including quantity of social support and daily functioning, but although the trials recruited refugees who had been subjected to trauma, there were no studies specifically with torture survivors. A review of interventions with torture survivors24 found some 40 studies, of which 11 were RCTs with a focus on trauma symptoms; they demonstrated improvement in those symptoms, but, as with the PTSD reviews above, did not indicate superiority of any particular treatment or method of delivery. McFarlane and Kaplan24 were critical of the focus on PTSD, and of the assumption that a statistically significant reduction in symptoms or numbers meeting diagnostic criteria was equivalent to clinical significance for participants. They also expressed scepticism about the cultural relevance of the model and measurement instruments. They argue for attention to current status, from living conditions to risk of being returned to torture and death; current losses and separation; and the influence of political changes in the country from which the torture survivor fled and where his or her family may still live. All these can have very significant impacts on the outcome of treatment, a familiar issue for clinicians but largely ignored in trials. Lastly, they argue that while psychological and physical well-being are important outcomes, they still represent problems in medical terms, where the purpose of torture is to destroy social meaning, and the proper context of any treatment is a human rights perspective.
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Torture survivors in healthcare settings
For the clinician, in medicine rather than in psychiatry, it is useful to recognise that symptoms of post-traumatic stress can complicate presentation and treatment. Pain predicts greater severity of both PTSD symptoms and major depression,25 and intrusive memories and flashbacks can exacerbate existing pain. While under-recognition and undertreatment of torture survivors is common, there are useful guidelines for good medical practice,26 although not specifically concerned with pain, and for good psychological practice (Jaranson 2001, reproduced in ref. 10).
Most people die during torture; many survivors are too disabled and destitute to find their way to safety. A large element of chance, and, to a lesser extent, resources and resilience, enable a minority to arrive in developed countries. Nevertheless, they often present multiple and complex problems, which the clinician can find overwhelming. For all these reasons, an interdisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment is therefore recommended, guarding against either disregarding significant psychological distress as inevitable in torture survivors or discounting physical symptoms by attributing them to psychological origin.
Rehabilitation and reparation are part of the rights of the torture survivor under the United Nations Convention, yet far less attention is paid to health needs on a national or international basis than to legal and civil claims. Collaborative efforts are needed, involving survivors themselves, to understand better the usefulness and limitations of existing assessment instruments and treatment methods. Some excellent studies exist, such as that by Elsass et al.,27 who interviewed Tibetan Lamas on the quantification of suffering in scales used to evaluate intervention with Tibetan torture survivors.
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Education of medical and other healthcare personnel needs to address issues concerning treatment of torture survivors, who will be seen in all possible settings but not necessarily recognised or treated adequately. Teaching on ethics is also important, since medical students can have worryingly tolerant views of torture, and medical and healthcare staff complicity continues in many countries.28 Medical staff are often in a key position to try to prevent torture, and to help those who have survived.
What is the punishment for torturing someone?
There are very few felonies considered to be more heinous in the United States than that of torture. Torture involves injuring someone with the intent to cause them great pain. If convicted of this felony, you will not be facing a set amount of years; instead you will most likely spend the rest of your life in prison, as most convictions of torture carry a life sentence. Due to the severity of the punishment, it’s in your best interest to consult with an experienced criminal defense attorney right away if you’ve been accused of torture. It’s imperative that you speak with an attorney before you confess anything to the police, as this could mean the difference between freedom and a lifetime behind bars. If you or someone you love have been charged with the crime of torture, call the Law Offices of William Kroger today at 323-655-5700 to schedule a free consultation.
What Is Defined As Torture Under California Law?
The crime of torture is defined under California Penal Code 206 as, “Every person who, with the intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose, inflicts great bodily injury as defined in Section 12022.7 upon the person of another, is guilty of torture.”
Acting with sadistic purpose, means that you inflicted pain on someone else in order to experience pleasure. In order to be convicted of torture, there has to be motive behind your actions, such as revenge or trying to gain something. But keep in mind that prosecution does not have to prove you actually inflicted the torture, only that you intended to do so.
Motivation is the defining factor that differentiates the crime of torture from a crime like aggravated battery—an offense which also involves great bodily injury, but which carries a far more lenient sentence. Being motivated by revenge or sadistic purpose raises the level of the crime.
To show that a crime of torture has been committed, the prosecutor has to prove the following:
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The defendant intentionally inflicted great bodily injury upon another person.
He/she did so out of revenge, or for the purpose of extortion, persuasion or any other sadistic purpose.
Great bodily injury means the injury was more than just a minor scratch or bruise. Because the definition of torture contains the phrase “great bodily injury” some people only associate it with horrific physical injuries, like cutting or burning someone’s skin. But torture does not need to leave physical markings in order to be considered torture. For example, purposely starving an elderly person in your care for a prolonged period of time can fall under “great bodily injury” and thus be charged as a crime of torture.
The Case of Gabriel Fernandez
A recent shocking example of a crime involving torture is the local case of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, a boy who was tortured to death by his mother and her boyfriend at their Palmdale home. The child had been kept in a small cupboard for hours at a time, forced to consume cat litter, shot with a BB gun to the face, burned with cigarettes, had his teeth knocked out with a baseball bat, was punished with pepper spray, subjected to cold showers, and took regular beatings, which ultimately resulted in his untimely death. When he was finally taken to the hospital, he had broken ribs, a fractured skull, burned skin, missing teeth and BB pellets in his skin. The boy’s mother, Pearl Fernandez, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in order to avoid a trial and the death penalty, and was sentenced to life in prison for the torture killing of her son. Her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, was sentenced to death.
Penalties for Torture in California
The crime of torture is punishable by a sentence of life in prison, and counts as a “strike” under California’s Three Strikes Law. If the torture leads to death, such as in the case of Gabriel Fernandez, you may be charged with first-degree murder and face life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty.
Legal Defenses for Torture Charges
An experienced attorney can fight the charge of torture in a multitude of ways. In order to show that a crime of torture has been committed, the prosecution has to prove that you were motivated by revenge, extortion, persuasion or a sadistic purpose—all of these elements are rather difficult to prove in a court of law. If there was no intent, you cannot be charged with torture, no matter how bad the injuries might be.
It’s also possible that you acted out of self-defense, and that you had to inflict the great bodily harm in order to protect yourself. Or perhaps you were falsely accused by someone who is acting out of anger or revenge. Whatever the case, the help of a criminal attorney is indispensible during this time.
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Contact A Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
If you or someone you love have been arrested on the charge of torture, you should hire an experienced criminal attorney before speaking with the police. If you are convicted of this crime, you will most likely spend the rest of your life in prison, so it’s important that you get the best possible defense to avoid that outcome. Torture can be difficult to prove, unless you tell the police that you were motivated by revenge, extortion, persuasion or a sadistic purpose, in which case it will be much harder to help you. Call our office today at 323-655-5700 to schedule a free consultation.
How do I get rid of mental torcher?
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You can file a case of maintenance under section 125 of the Cr.P.C. and thereafter can claim the amount of maintenance from your husband. The said case can be filed by you in Kolkatta also
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Dear Client,
You should file application in court for maintenance and medical expanses u/s 125 Code of Criminal Procedure, court will order to provide you financial support.
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You can first seek maintenance form your husband can file for maintenance under section 125 Crpc to seek the financial support. Also if there is a domestic violence and torture a dv case can be filed against him and under that also maintenance residence and protection can be sought.
Further kindly take care of yourself in this condition since this is cruelty on part of husband can file a divorce on that ground on him.
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File a case of restitution of conjugal rights against your husband.
Your husband is bound to extend financial support to you besides he's also obligated to discharge his marital obligations towards you.
Consult a local matrimonial lawyer.
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According to Indian hindu marriage act Wife has right to take money half of husband income if the wife is dependent.
But itsnot viceversa
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if u take any action, it may affect ur marital relation. In case of unavoidable circumstances, u can seek maintenance in dvc case by approaching concerned court.
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You can claim maintenance u/s 125 crpc. You can claim maintenance for yourself and your unborn child as well.
If he is treating you with cruelty, you have remedy under domestic violence act. If you don't have financial means to fight the case against your husband, then you can also file maintenance pendent lite u/s 24 hindu marriage act.
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you can file a maintenance case under domestic violence act, section 125 of criminal procedure code against the husband seeking maintenance for you as if now. After birth for the child also.
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Issue husband legal notice to pay you maintenance
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This is my response to you:
1. Send him a legal notice to claim money from him;
2. File a divorce case under the grounds of separation and cruelty;
3. If he still does not respond then claim for interim maintenance from him;
4. Then later you can claim for permanent maintenance.
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If you are in need of financial support a Criminal Miscellaneous case can be filed before the magistrate under Sec. 125 CrPC asking for maintenance for you and for the medical requirements you'll be in need of in the immediate future. Disputes with respect to matrimonial issues needs counselling and I suggest you to contact an advocate for proper guidance.
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You should file a petition for maintenance under section 125 CrPC against your husband as he is legally bound to maintain you. You should also file an application for interim maintenance, where maintenance amount would be given to you during the pendency of the case, which would be at the discretion of the court.
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Simply file a petition in the family court under Section 125 CrPC for the maintenance and include the legal charges as well the court will order maintenance based on his income and he will be bound to pay periodicaly.
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1. This conduct is not at all normal and may a precursor to breaking of the marriage.
2. Talk to him directly and ask for money. if he refuses to pay nevertheless then take this a call to explore legal recourse.
3. then you can file case for maintenance under PWDV Act from Kolkata.
4. Wait for sometime before you decide to file case under section 498A IPC.
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You can always file a case under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to claim appropriate maintenance from your husband. There are several other avenues to secure adequate financial support from your husband.
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There are two things that I would advice you to do immediately.
1. Lodge a complaint in the local police station against your husband for maintenance.
2. Write off letters to the West Bengal Commission for Women and National Commission for Women, Delhi narrating your entire ordeal. The Commission will look into the matter and counsel both you and your husband. They will also force the police to investigate and take action if it is not. Your husband will be forced to look after you or will face criminal proceedings.
The address of the National Commission for Women is:
National Commission for Women, Plot No. 21, FC 33, Jasola Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110025.
Both the above are cost effective measures and will not cost you a penny. You do not need a lawyer for either. Also, it will help you in the future if you have any further complaints.
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You can file a maintenance case against him claiming maintenance as well as amount for the expenses
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Since he is not employed but doing only post doc research, he may get stipend alone which cannot be construed as regular income, however this will not bar you from claiming maintenance from him.
It is his duty to maintain his wife or to send her money every month for her sustenance.
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1. You can file a petition u/s125 of Cr.P.C. claiming maintenance for you and your child after his/her birth.
2. Engage a local lawyer having expertise in this field.
Torture has been illegal in most of Europe and the United States for over a century but persisted in other parts of the world. The changing geopolitical landscape has led to its resurgence in recent years. The public rejection of traditional forms of torture that rely on the infliction of physical pain has paradoxically increased the reliance on psychological methods of torture. This critical commentary aims to define and characterize psychological torture (PT) while exploring practical, legal, ethical and therapeutic implications relevant to clinicians and policymakers. Psychological torture comes in a range of forms. It is being increasingly justified and adopted by legitimate authorities in the name of national security. The emphasis on the avoidance of physical pain leads to the assumption that PT does not produce the levels of suffering and harm that are associated with physically violent forms of torture. This same assumption has allowed for the implication of mental health professionals in theorizing and providing legitimacy for the actions of perpetrators. Psychological torture is still poorly defined with limited understanding of its long-term psychiatric impact on those who are subjected to it. The role of mental health professionals in preventing or addressing psychological torture remains ambiguous and needs to be reinforced.
How do people act after being tortured?
In this blog post, Sourabh Makhija, from RDVV – Jabalpur guides on the steps that can be taken if you’re subjected to mental torture and cruelty.
Introduction
There seems to be a strong notion in society that men are always abusers and women are always the victim. Because of this no matter what the situation is, women get all the sympathy, but men rarely do. However, there are many cases where men are subject to torture by their spouses. So it’s wrong to say that men are the “stronger sex” and women are “innocent sex”. Read this article to know about what constitutes cruelty, what one should do if he is subject to cruelty and torture by his wife.
“MARD KO DARD NAHI HOTA” is good only in movies, ask a man facing torture from his wife, he will tell you “Kitna dard hota hai!” (How much it hurts).
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Identify the act of Cruelty or Torture
Expressing views on cruelty, the Supreme Court in Samar Ghosh vs. Jaya Ghosh, (2007) 4 SCC 511, said, “We have come to a definite conclusion that there cannot be any comprehensive definition of the concept of “mental cruelty”, within which all kinds of cases of mental cruelty can be covered. No court in our considered view should even attempt to give a comprehensive definition of mental cruelty.”
So, the first thing one need to do is to identify whether you are becoming a victim of cruelty or not. If your wife is doing any of the below-mentioned acts, then you are a victim of cruelty –
Physical attacks on you.
Continuous rage, anger, screaming or yelling at you.
Constant belittling or criticising your abilities, employment or looks.
Publicly flaunting an affair or adulterous relationship.
Falsely accusing you of committing adultery
Failing to tell you about an acquired sexually transmitted disease, while continuing to maintain sexual relations with you.
Making it a ritual to stay away from the marital residence without any valid explanation.
There are many other kinds of abuse which a man has to face. There are times when a lady, deliberately or inadvertently, abuses her man.
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Problems faced by men
Social problem: Our patriarchal society does not believe in the concept of victimisation of men. They just don’t subscribe to the idea that a man can ever be a “victim”.
Legal problem: There is a heavy gender bias in the Indian legislature. Plus, the legal community, like the society, is also prejudiced. Lawyers hardly take up cases where the defendant is a woman.
Administrative problem: Due to the heavy gender bias, administrative elements (such as the Police) hesitate to take action when a man lodges a complaint against a woman but will jump at any man who brushes past a lady, even by mistake.
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What I would suggest a man do in this situation
Collect as many evidence as possible
Save everything you think is relevant for your case. Take screenshots of the conversations, record calls, etc. which will intensify your chances of winning in a divorce suit. Also, this will help your advocate to trust you and in presenting evidence before the court will eventually make things easier for you and your advocate.
File a Complaint first
One should file a complaint as soon as he thinks that things aren’t under control. You can file a complaint in the nearest police station; the police will record everything you will tell them.
Benefits of doing this act
The police will be aware of the torture you are facing; they will have all the evidence and records essential for future proceedings.
Your wife will no longer be able to file a false complaint against you. It usually happens that the woman file false complaint in the police stations, complaining that her husband is asking her for dowry is doing violence to Which are prosecuted by Sec 498-A Indian Penal Code, 1860. This particular section is used by women almost daily, and it is capable of putting a man behind bars. So in case, the police had a record of your complaints in advance, they will not jump to arrest you in the first complaint made by your wife.
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Legal Provisions available with the Husband
Section 324 Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means – If the actions of a wife are so violent in nature that she uses a weapon in anger to cause hurt to her husband, the husband can lodge FIR in the nearest police station, showing his wounds and medical reports. The police then get all the facts of the matters registered. Then after following the procedure, the wife can be prosecuted. The voluntarily causing hurt may sometimes lead to the death of a spouse, in such cases, the culprit will be liable for committing murder. If the husband is tired of being treated in this way by his wife, he can file a petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty.
Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Divorce on the Ground of Cruelty – You can file a petition for Divorce anytime after one year of completion of your marriage citing any of the various reasons available under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (in case you are Hindu). Cruelty is one of the reasons under which you can file a petition for divorce. As per Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – any spouse can get a divorce on the grounds of cruelty. Under Section 13(1)(ia) the term cruelty includes mental as well as physical cruelty. A Division Bench of Madras High Court comprising, Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M. Venugopal defined cruelty as “what conduct would amount to cruelty was a question of fact to be decided on the facts and particulars of each case. When a divorce was sought on the grounds of cruelty, the acts complained should be so grave and weighty to enable a court to conclude that one party could not reasonably be expected to live with the other.”
Section 27 of The Special Marriage Act, 1954 has 12 grounds under which one can get a divorce on the ground of cruelty.
A list of 38 cases where husbands won divorce on the grounds of cruelty –
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Conclusion
Abusive relations are often wound up as a man beating up his wife. Well, that’s what we often see around, but there are stories which support the other sides as well.I have personally come across many men who silently suffer being bullied by their partners, and their lives are more miserable. Sometimes wife abuse mothers and other family members of the husband as they are confident that society will support them. Abuse is abuse. The abuser is at fault. The victim of the abuse whether they are male or female deserves and needs help.
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