Modern Day Usage
Since 2001, as part of its War on Terror the United states using the CIA operates a network of off shore prisons, called black site, Probably the most infamous of which is Guantánamo Bay detention camp. State officials have admitted to the press and in court to be using various torture techniques (authorised by the District attorney) to interrogate suspects of terrorism, sometimes after Forced disappearance or Extraordinary rendition by the United States.
When these systematic acts were made public by the international media the European Union, United Nations, the international press and various human rights movements condemned their practice. The US supreme court did not discontinue its usage and repeatedly ruled against hearing citizens that underwent forced confessions, even after they were found innocent, claiming that a trial would constitute a breach of national security.
A famous case study: Khalid El-Masri is a good example of this. He appealed several times aided by different international human rights movements and lawyers, yet the US Supreme Court retained its usage of forced confession techniques, and denied a hearing of the evidence.
Read more about this topic: Forced Confession
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