New York Senate may hold doctors accountable for participation in acts of torture

New York Governor David Patterson convened a special session of the State Senate today, in an effort to undo a long power struggle between Democrats and Republicans. The Senate is split in half and has failed to vote on several important bills during its regular session.

One proposal that´s still on the table is a bill that will hold medical professionals accountable for their role in the mistreatment and torture of detainees at military prisons or detention centers like Guantanamo Bay. Ravi Ragbir with the Community News Production Institute reports.