WASHINGTON - Alliance for Justice's new documentary film - Tortured Law? - is now available to activists in local communities and campus leaders of law schools, colleges, university campuses and interested political groups. Groups are free to use this film as a centerpiece for discussions, forums, debates and other educational events. For the asking, AFJ will send a free copy of the documentary to interested groups. I'm excited to tell you about it and hope to encourage local Kansas groups to get involved with its screening. Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, poses these questions,
The legal architecture for torture was originally outlined and sanctioned in 2002 by a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. Were these lawyers simply giving the President their best legal advice? Or was their work part of a larger criminal conspiracy to distort the law and authorize torture?
The film is a tool in an ongoing campaign calling on Attorney General Holder to release the OPR report and authorize a full investigation of those who ordered, designed, and justified torture.
AFJ points out that for more than five years, we have known that senior lawyers in the Bush Administration wrote the infamous "torture memos" to provide legal cover for human rights abuses taking place. Since 2004, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has been investigating the authors of the "torture memos" -- Jay Bybee, Steven Bradbury, and John Yoo.
The film asserts that only by knowing all of the facts can our nation move forward and take the necessary actions to uphold the Constitution and the law.
You can sign up to host a screening in your area today. Alliance for Justice will send a free copy of the film to you for use in your setting. You can also get involved by signing the petition.
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