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What Are the Current Prohibitions on Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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What are the current prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment in the United States? How do these compare to standards in other parts of the world? In your opinion, should the Supreme Court consider the standards of other nations? If so, should we change our standards? Why or why not?


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