Imposing the death penalty on prisoners who've been tortured while in US custody would be entirely unconscionable, but declining to impose the ultimate punishment in these prosecutions would be a way – though an imperfect one, as others have noted – to acknowledge the taint of torture that will linger over the legal proceedings.
And, on a personal note, I want to acknowledge Mr. Silver's generous response to me on Twitter on Friday morning.
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As the scientists themselves carefully noted, "It is important to acknowledge that our research does not provide a direct proof of subjective experience".
Though the United States has approved plans to help Russia destroy vast stocks of chemical weapons, officials noted, Moscow has yet to acknowledge that it made in Soviet times "fourth generation" chemical weapons agents, which are many times more lethal than the most advanced nerve agents the United States produced.
But just when it seemed as if the night was about to register its first serious note, Crace was quick to acknowledge what might best be described as the satirists' paradox: "One of the great myths is that we as voters often say 'please, all we want is politicians who'll tell us the truth', but they know that if they tell us the truth we won't vote for them.
Soon after initial reports about Weinstein surfaced, actress Rose McGowan called out Amazon chief Jeff Bezos on Twitter, noting Price's failure to acknowledge her allegations of predatory behavior by Weinstein.
Note that she fails to acknowledge that solar, wind and other alternative energy sources would have no chance of competing in the marketplace without huge government handouts.
"One of [Obama's] biggest lapses," a New York Times editorial noted, "was his refusal to acknowledge that his entire speech, and all of the important changes he now advocates, would never have happened without the disclosures by [Edward] Snowden, who continues to live in exile and under the threat of decades in prison if he returns to this country".
