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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: gao seng who wrote (215752)1/8/2002 7:20:11 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
I believe that prohibtion on cruel and unusual punishment pertains to sentencing guidelines.
More than guidelines. To what can be done to them after conviction and sentencing. They can be put to death for capital crimes but they can't, for example, be crucified- -a slow a painful death.

Criminals are not sentenced to the rack.
It was an "interrogation" technique. People did die on the rack, so it could be used to execute a death penalty.

we let them go in exchange for information. I oppose that, as well.
True. I have mixed feelings. Ideally it would be used to get the little fish to help convict the big ones.

some kind of non invasive procedure could be used to extract information.
Such as? Is that a euphemism for torture? Because if so, it would appear to violate the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause.
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