Legal Opinion
Sameh Sami S. Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh Sami Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh S. Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh Khouzam v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 12, 2004No. Docket 02-4109, 02-4159PublishedCited by 379 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Sameh Sami S. Khouzam, an alien, has petitioned us for review of two final orders — one dated March 7, 2002, the other dated May 7, 2002 — of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board), both denying him relief from deportation. The issue we deal with on the second petition concerns the subject of torture.
Torture has been employed as an infamous instrument to extract confessions from or determine the guilt or innocence of an accused from ancient days in Greece and Rome. Its use is an inherently flawed practice, antithetical to basic notions of liberty,…
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