Torture...

So after i read this essay on torture, i kept on thinking to myself if torture really is the way to handle things. I eventually came to the conclusion that torture definitely is necessary in many cases. If there is a mass murderer out there and the only way to make him stop is through major torturing, isn't it quite plain and simple that the mass murderer is going to have to be tortured? I have had many debates in my high school classes about the death sentence and i sometimes think that the death sentence is a major torture itself. In America, the person who is convicted is informed about the day on which he or she will be executed but in some other parts of the world, the prisoner will be woken up randomly early in the morning and be told that the "time" has come. Living your everyday life not knowing when you will suddenly be woken up in the morning to be killed seems like a one of the major forms of torture. Some people may not agree with me but when negotiating with the "terrorist" does not work, there is no choice but to use some form of torture on the terrorist in order to settle things.