Is Death Row a Form of ‘Psychological Torment’?
To the Editor:
“Lifelong Death Sentences,” by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Nov. 1), says that “foreign courts have ruled that living for decades under the threat of imminent execution is a form of psychological torment.” But the
11/04/11
Continuing the useful distinction between pressure and pain:
Two recent events illustrate it. The Israelis and Hamas engage in a prisoner swap — one Israeli soldier for 1000 Palestinian prisoners. Had Hamas killed the soldier it kidnapped, they would have inflicted more pain. But by capturing him and keeping … <Read More>
My just published memoir/essay “Let The Great Axe Fall” (see link to Kindle below) cites Roger Fisher’s distinction between pressure and pain. Those who would alter the strategy or policy of an opponent (or an enemy) should focus on maximizing pressure but not necessarily pain. Fisher, the author of the … <Read More>