| 单词 | cruel and unusual punishment |
| 释义 | cruel and unusual punishmentPunishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. Cruel and unusual punishment includes torture, deliberately degrading punishment, or punishment that is too severe for the crime committed. This concept helps guarantee due process even to convicted criminals. Many people have argued that capital punishment (see also capital punishment) should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Words nearby cruel and unusual punishmentcrude oil, crudités, crudity, crudo, cruel, cruel and unusual punishment, cruelhearted, cruels, cruel to be kind, cruelty, cruelty-free The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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