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Torture was routinely used for interrogation in ancient Greek and Roman law and in medieval Roman law, but not in ancient Hebrew or medieval English law. It was argued that torture could be relied on at least in cases where the result could be checked (for example, if the accused confessed to burying the murder weapon under a certain tree, the judge should send someone to dig it up).[1] Slaves could testify only under torture, supposedly because a loyal slave would not otherwise betray his/her master.[2][3] But confessions under torture were believed in a wide range of uncheckable cases, such as heresy and witchcraft.[citation needed]