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[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It's insane, but courts have interpreted "cruel and unusual" to require the punishment to be BOTH cruel AND unusual to qualify, and if the punishment is being administered in all prisons, it can't possibly be considered "unusual", so it gets a pass.

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