cruel and unusual punishment
- cruel and unusual punishment
noun
punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
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: punishment to include torture, barbarous punishments, degrading punishments not known to the common law, and punishments so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the general moral sense
excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted — U.S. Constitution
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