Forgot password? Sign Up

Blogs about: Cruel And Unusual Punishment

Featured Blog

The Right KInd of No-Tolerance Policy: Will Obama Get A Halo For Prison Rape Reform?15 comments

Jack Marshall wrote 1 week ago: If backing gay marriage earns a rainbow halo, stopping prison rape at least warrants this…. Th … more →

Tags: U.S. Society, Law, Law Enforcement, Government & Politics, leadership, President Obama, Culture, Caring, penal system, Prison Rape

4/20 Doobielation Becomes College Kid's Nightmare1 comment

LawyerBird wrote 3 weeks ago: College kids across the nation gathered on 4/20 to hang out, enjoy life, and smoke copious amounts o … more →

Tags: daniel chong, Crankster Gangster, methamphetamine, UC San Diego, Gene Iredale, San Diego, Drug Enforcement Administration, university of california, san diego, baghdad

Louisiana's Angola 3 = 100+ Years of Solitary Confinement

swilliamsjd wrote 3 weeks ago: April 17, 2001 marked 40 years to the day — since April 17, 1972, or 14,600 days ago — t … more →

Tags: Abuse, Human Rights, News, Current Events, Amnesty International, civil rights, Race, Torture, Law 2

Death Penalty Should Be Abolished

Jeff Brinckman wrote 4 weeks ago: While Connecticut’s recent repeal of the Death Penalty made it the 17th state to do so, Capital Puni … more →

Tags: constitution, Supreme Court, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Eighth Amendment

Let the murderers live while those murdered never experienced life

mgregory wrote 1 month ago: An eye for an eye. U.S. News – California voters to consider ending capital punishment. The de … more →

Tags: Our Country, lawsuits, Government, California, Death Penalty, criminals, united states, Law, Capital Punishment

"In Salem the witch trials consisted of crude and unusual punishment."2 comments

RAB wrote 1 month ago: Salem never fails to provide us with bizarre student commentary. I know what he meant. The urgent ex … more →

Tags: Student Writing, inaccurate hearing, Education, Figure of Speech, fractured cliché, Humor, RAB waxes…, Political, Salem Witch Trials

Starbucks First Date... Why?

martinlaws wrote 1 month ago: Unfortunately, this story is 100% real: I sit here quietly reading with Andrew – when a woman … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

"Cruel and unusual punishment" = Reading Obamacare1 comment

jthmishmash wrote 2 months ago: The 8th Amendment of the US Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor ex … more →

Tags: Politics, Obamacare, antonin scalia, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, reading obamacare, Obamacare Unconstitutional

What's Worse - Waterboarding or Reading the ObamaCare Bill?

StickUpPolitics wrote 2 months ago: Scalia Likens Reading Obamacare to Cruel and Unusual Punishment Perhaps that is why Nancy Pelosi fam … more →

Tags: Politics, united states, obama, Barack Obama, Democrats, Obamacare, pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care

U.S. Supreme Court backs transgender inmate rights4 comments

Lexie Cannes wrote 2 months ago: Justices Kagan, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor. THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The U.S. Supreme … more →

Tags: transgender. transsexual, Discrimination, Transgender Rights, Civil Rights, U. S. Supreme Court, Transsexual, U. S. Constitution, banning publicly-funded hormone therapy, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, State of Wisconsin, trans women inmates

U.S. Supreme Court backs transgender inmate rights4 comments

Lexie Cannes wrote 2 months ago: Justices Kagan, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor. THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The U.S. Supreme … more →

Tags: transgender. transsexual, Discrimination, Transgender Rights, Civil Rights, U. S. Supreme Court, Transsexual, U. S. Constitution, banning publicly-funded hormone therapy, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, State of Wisconsin, trans women inmates

A Wad of Crap: CAIR's Pormotion of Shari'ah1 comment

dajjal wrote 2 months ago: On March 15. 2012, Bare Naked Islam published a fund raising solicitation from CAIR.  Most of the te … more →

Tags: Political Correctness, CAIR, Islam, Equality, Shari'ah, Religious Hatred, Nihad Awad, demonization, Unconstitutional

A conversation with a crime victim, and his theory on crime and punishment

Sandra Bellezza wrote 2 months ago: Years ago I had a conversation with this old man in a courthouse (a crime victim). Never met the man … more →

Tags: Blogging, Sandra Bellezza, Crime, Victims, Justice, drunk drivers, thieves, burglars, Robbers

Cruel and Unusual Punishment Story1 comment

againstcapitalpunishment wrote 2 months ago: Raymond Landry, 1988 – Condemned to die by lethal injection, but the syringe popped out of his … more →

What the Constitution States

againstcapitalpunishment wrote 2 months ago: According to the U.S Constitution, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines … more →

mama-nazi6 comments

Jessica wrote 3 months ago: The conversation went a little like this: My son: “I’m not ready to take my bath!” … more →

Tags: Children, Humor, parenting & family, Imaginary Friend

Ohio – Where Have I Heard About That Dump Before?

bobmonty wrote 3 months ago: By Bob Montgomery Thomas Oh, I remember – that’s where Kent State is located – where four students w … more →

Tags: Bob Monty Speaks Out, the Hutaree, sedition, militia, Tin Soldiers, Ohio, Kent State, frustrated nun, corporal punishment

Canada's judiciary pushing back on an overstepping federal executive1 comment

FauxCapitalist wrote 3 months ago: Two very positive developments I’ve seen from Canada’s judiciary in the two months since … more →

Tags: Canada, united states, G20, Judiciary, United States Supreme Court, Ontario Superior Court, Mandatory Sentencing, punishment, Securities Regulator

The American Justice System - Cruel and Unusual Punishment

politicsandjustice wrote 3 months ago: Throughout America’s history, the Courts have been called upon to define what constitutes cruel and … more →

Tags: truth in sentencing, Eighth Amendment, Juveniles in Adult Courts, parole system, Parole Board, Rehabilitation, Judges enabling pedophiles


Have your say. Start a blog.

See our free features →

Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS