Makes sense

We said that, in the American TV drama 24, Jack Bauer, the counter-terrorism agent, resorted to electrocution to extract information. You cannot extract information from someone who has been electrocuted because they are dead (Questioning, the Jack Bauer way, page 1, April 19). Link

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3 Comments

  1. patrick
    Posted April 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

    In a zombie movie it might work.

  2. Doug H
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 3:12 am | Permalink

    Actually, electrocution doesn’t always lead to death.

  3. Dave G
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:31 am | Permalink

    Actually, electrocution IS death, as it’s defined as death by electric shock.

    Literacy reigns. Sadly, it doesn’t “rain.”

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