The United Nation convention defined torture as an act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person to obtain information from him or other. In the ancient Roma and Greece practiced torture for those who were found guilt. In Roma, slaves were torture for, as either witnesses or as the accused. “common punishments included crucifixion, mutilation, and the subjection of the allegedly guilty person to the appetites of wild animals in an arena” (History and Method). At the time of ancient Roma and Greece, the practice of torture has not change or eliminate even though the UN declaration of human rights agree that torture is a crime against humanity and is illegal, however, torture is still
