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HR 3781 112th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Law enforcement officers Sex offenses Violent crime

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011

Introduced: January 18, 2012 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 18, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 18, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. Increases such prison term to any term of years or life if death results from such torture. Defines "torture" to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.

What's happening now January 25, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3781: Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3781/
MLA
"H.R. 3781: Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3781/.
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H.R. 3781, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3781/.
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