Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Wex entry defining torture as the infliction of severe pain and suffering as punishment, coercion, or to obtain information or a confession.
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URLhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/torture
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Cornell LII Wex: Torture
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/torture
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Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
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Torture refers to the infliction of severe pain and suffering, as punishment, as coercion, or for the purposes of obtaining information or a confession.
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