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cruel and unusual punishment : punishment that is offensive to the contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) [nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] see also Gregg v. Georgia in the Important Cases section compare corporal punishment, death penalty NOTE: A cruel and unusual punishment is essentially one that the courts consider to violate the Eighth Amendment based on a variety of criteria. The interpretation of what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment has changed over time and has varied from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Most forms of corporal punishment formerly used at common law have been found to be cruel and unusual punishments. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty in itself does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, although mandatory death sentences do. ...
Cruel and unusual treatment
Cruel and unusual treatment, contrary to s. (5) 2(b) of the constitution of offer a condemned man the possibility of obtaining an international determina-tion material to the question of commutation, but then to improve arbitrary restriction which prevent him having a reasonable opportunity to obtain a substantive conclusion, Briggs v. Baptiste (PC), (2000) 2 AC LR 40.No cruel and unusual punishment should be inflicted therefore in itself prevents hanging being adopted as the method of execution for the reasons which he (accused) has put forward and nothing in the constitution invalidates that existing law, Boodram v. Baptiste (PC), (1991) 1 WLR 1711 [Bill of Rights, 1689 (UK)....
cruel and inhuman treatment
cruel and inhuman treatment : cruelty ...
death penalty
death penalty : death as punishment for a crime called also capital punishment see also cruel and unusual punishment Gregg v. Georgia in the Important Cases section NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is not inherently violative of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, provided that the method is not deemed cruel and that the punishment is not excessive in relation to the crime. A statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional, however. A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before imposing the death penalty for a crime. ...
corporal punishment
corporal punishment : punishment inflicted on a person's body see also cruel and unusual punishment NOTE: The prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposes limits on the use of corporal punishment on convicted offenders and prisoners. The U.S. Supreme Court has found the Eighth Amendment to be inapplicable to the use of corporal punishment on schoolchildren. ...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
cruelty
cruelty pl: -ties 1 a : an intentional or criminally negligent act that causes pain and suffering [ to animals] [ to children] b : mistreatment or neglect that causes pain and suffering compare abuse NOTE: Cruelty is an aggravating circumstance to a crime (as murder). 2 : a spouse's conduct that endangers life or health or causes mental suffering or fear called also cruel and inhuman treatment NOTE: Cruelty is a ground for divorce. ...
habitual criminal law
habitual criminal law : a law that imposes greater penalties if a convicted defendant has previously been convicted of one or more crimes NOTE: Some such laws have been challenged on the ground of violating the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or on the ground of being an ex post facto law. ...
punishment
punishment 1 : the act of punishing 2 : a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an offender through the judicial and esp. criminal process see also cruel and unusual punishment ...
Bloodthirsty
Eager to shed blood cruel sanguinary murderous having a bloodlust...
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