American Criminal LawWest Publishing Company, 1996 - 477 pages |
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Page 12
... punishments as flogging or being placed in a pillory were common . Now that officially sanc- tioned corporal punishment is no longer administered to those convicted of crimes in this country , criminal sanctions entail one or more of ...
... punishments as flogging or being placed in a pillory were common . Now that officially sanc- tioned corporal punishment is no longer administered to those convicted of crimes in this country , criminal sanctions entail one or more of ...
Page 249
... punishment in violation of the 14th amendment . To be sure , imprisonment for 90 days is not , in the abstract , a punishment which is either cruel or unusual . But the question cannot be considered in the abstract . Even one day in ...
... punishment in violation of the 14th amendment . To be sure , imprisonment for 90 days is not , in the abstract , a punishment which is either cruel or unusual . But the question cannot be considered in the abstract . Even one day in ...
Page 251
... punishment under the Eighth Amendment to convict a person suffering from chronic alcoholism of the crime of public drunkenness . ] Mr. Justice MARSHALL announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which The CHIEF ...
... punishment under the Eighth Amendment to convict a person suffering from chronic alcoholism of the crime of public drunkenness . ] Mr. Justice MARSHALL announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which The CHIEF ...
Contents
The Bill of Rights | 11 |
Why Do People Commit Crimes? | 13 |
The Organization of the Criminal Justice System | 23 |
Copyright | |
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