Sentence examples for involved torture from inspiring English sources

Detention routinely involved torture.

In early times yeoman warders were charged with guarding the Tower's typically prestigious prisoners and assisting in their punishment, which often involved torture.

They twice elected a self-proclaimed born-again Christian president who invaded another country in a war that has taken many civilian lives and that has involved torture, spying and the detention of people without due process.

In Mr. Moussaoui's case, the new indictment said, the aggravating factors include the "exceptional heinous, cruel and depraved manner" of a terror plot that "involved torture and serious physical abuse to the victims".

Yet it seems everyone involved in this affair will in the end escape prosecution, even though it involved torture – a crime which, in domestic and international law, is supposed to override all other considerations, including of course political embarrassment.

Page D6 Editorial THE TORTURED MEMOS This week, the C.I.A. admitted to destroying 92 videotapes of interrogations that may have involved torture, and the Justice Department released several of the legal manifestos that former President George W. Bush used to justify mangling the Constitution after Sept. 11, 2001.

One recent example involves torture.

Even if it does involve torture and execution gangland-style.

The plot of "Tosca" involves torture, attempted rape, and murder.

The court also issued decisions in cases involving torture victims and people convicted of sex crimes.

Can such a man ever be expected to rule fairly on issues involving torture?