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The reception from supporters to Martin's appointment was frosty at best and he failed to win them over at any stage of his tortured 123-day tenure.

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Six months after his release, in September 2019, he was back in jail - after sharing a Facebook post about torture.

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But soon after the transport pulls into the base, the torture begins.

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“It just seems like such a tortured reading of the statute,” the judge said.

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In fact, pleasure is necessary, especially for the regularly tortured Valentin who seems to have been numb for a long time.

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