Julio Simón listens to Argentine Judge Ariel Lijo issue a sentence of 23 years in prison after a trial in 2007 for kidnappings, torture and killings while the country was under a military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Simón, a police officer, was a chief torturer in clandestine prisons set up by the junta. (Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)