China becomes more civilised

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Which is to say it has banned the use of torture by its police forces.

China bans evidence gained from torture

One of the things which finally made it happen was a man who had confessed to a murder. Eleven years after the fact the victim turned up, alive.

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I recently heard forensic pathologist Henry Lee talk about having been a police officer in China in his youth, and he mentioned the use of torture. Funny synchronicity, that, and I bet the news has made him glad.