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cruel and unusual punishment

DEFINITIONS OF: cruel and unusual punishment

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n punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

Type of:
penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment
the act of punishing
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