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Third degree (interrogation)

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The third degree is a euphemism for torture ("inflicting of pain, physical or mental, to extract confessions or statements").^[1]

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^ Jerome Herbert Skolnick (1994). Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force. Simon & Schuster. p. 43. ISBN 0-02-929153-4. ... which it defined as 'the inflicting of pain, physical or mental, to extract confessions or statements' was widespread throughout the United States ... Another, proposed in 1910 by Richard Sylvester, President of the ... {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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