For example, in 'An article about torture' Mamichi TSUDA described that although torture against a suspect was allowed even in the Meiji period, it was not usually allowed in civilized countries and that it was a bad custom which would cause false charges and distrusts in the administration of justice.
たとえば津田真道の「拷問論」を例とすると、明治になっても容疑者の取り調べには拷問が認められているが、こうしたことは文明国では認められていないもので、冤罪・司法への不信を生じさせる悪風だと論じている。