Cruel and unusual punishment
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Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase describing punishment which is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the person subjected to it.
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- Peine forte et dure
- Security of person - an expanded right against less lethal conduct.
- Prisoner abuse
- Section Twelve of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Prison rape
- Rape and punishment
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