A former Frankfurt deputy police chief took the stand on Thursday to answer charges he threatened a suspect with torture. The defendant says he got permission from a state interior ministry to make the threat.
For Wolfgang Daschner, the choice on Oct. 1, 2002 was between following the letter of the law, or perhaps saving the life of a kidnapped child. In the end, he opted to try to save the child and set off a roiling debate over the law and its limits, and where one draws the line in matters of life and death.
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For Wolfgang Daschner, the choice on Oct. 1, 2002 was between following the letter of the law, or perhaps saving the life of a kidnapped child. In the end, he opted to try to save the child and set off a roiling debate over the law and its limits, and where one draws the line in matters of life and death.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1400334,00.html
Here's another link:
http://www.expatica.com/source/site...ice+official+on+trial+in+torture+threat+case+