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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7522916" data-attributes="member: 58197">Whether the city relies on torture or not, there are without a doubt people who can be bought. That's a given.But even without torture, interrogators don't have to stand for evasions. They can lock you up till you talk. For that matter, I could envision a legal system under which a trial proceeds thusly:Cleric. I have cast zone of truth, Your Honor.Magistrate. You have been accused of the murder of John Smith. Please say "I did not murder John Smith." Speak those words and only those words.Prisoner. I had nothing to do with the events of...Magistrate. Speak the words "I did not murder John Smith." If you do not say those words, and only those words, you will be considered guilty as charged.Prisoner. I did not murder John Smith in the way that...Magistrate. For the last time: Speak the words "I did not murder John Smith," and nothing else. If you say anything other than those exact words, I will find you guilty.Prisoner. I told you that I did not murder John Smith.Magistrate. You have three times refused to assert your innocence in the words required of you. I find you guilty as charged and sentence you to death. May Pelor have mercy on your soul.</blockquote>