On Restraining Extorting a Confession by Torture

Aiming at the existing wrong ideas such as Extorting a confession by torture is proved to be effective and has more advantages than its disadvantages , the author discusses the reasons for restraining it. The reason why torture can not be easily prohibited is that it is a special crime that is committed by the working personnel in the judicial organs while enforcing the law. It is hard for the judicial organs to punish their own law-executors. Meanwhile extorting a confession by torture is such a crime which usually lacks in evidence, therefore, it can easily escape punishment. Studying up on the effective countermeasures to restrain this kind of crime, the author puts forward four suggestions.