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cruel and unusual punishment
- Punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution . Cruel and unusual punishment includes torture, deliberately degrading punishment, or punishment that is too severe for the crime committed. This concept helps guarantee due process even to convicted criminals. Many people have argued that capital punishment (see also capital punishment ) should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Example Sentences
“Preventing me from adjudicating my case is ‘cruel and unusual punishment.’â€
Honestly, I have never felt worse for two TV characters in my life — cruel and unusual punishment by White!
“Quite simply, that a custom of leaving inmates nowhere to sleep but the floor constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is nothing short of self-evident,†U.S.
Later, as attorney general, Harris drew criticism from the left when she defended the state’s death penalty after a judge determined it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices held that laws penalizing homeless people for sleeping or pitching tents in public spaces do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
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