Another element beyond monarchical practices of torture, I suspect, beneath the founding fathers' the insistence on due process and habeas corpus, and their rejection of torture are the procedures of the Holy Office, a.k.a. The Inquisition. Which institution learned from the other -- ecclesiastic or royal -- is perhaps a moot point.
Another element beyond monarchical practices of torture, I suspect, beneath the founding fathers' the insistence on due process and habeas corpus, and their rejection of torture are the procedures of the Holy Office, a.k.a. The Inquisition. Which institution learned from the other -- ecclesiastic or royal -- is perhaps a moot point.