print email comment close Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Attorney General URL: http://www.justice.gov/olc/18usc23402340a2.htm Description: This December 30, 2004, Department of Justice memo provides a new definition of torture updated since the Iraqi prison abuse scandal. The memo states that "severe" pain need not be limited to pain "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." Author: Levin, Daniel Publisher: United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Extra Keywords James B. Comey Abu Ghraib, detainee abuse, Memorandum Regarding Legal Standards Applicable Under 18 U.S.C. sections 2340-2340A Library of Congress Subject Headings: Torture Torture -- Government policy -- United States LII Database Information: Record 14449 created by Maria Brandt on 01/03/2005 Last modification on 11/01/2009 Published: 01/03/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14449