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Old 07-17-2007, 06:00 PM   #3
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
Don't we have a law like "No cruel or unnecessary punishment"?
It's unusual punishment, which means different from what society normally hands out. Society determines what the punishment should be. At one time everyone convicted of capital crimes was shot or hung. We've unfortunately gotten away from that, but we could change that and still stay within the Constitutional restriction on "unusual".
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