Civil rights Quote by Terry Pratchett

It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by injection or…

— Antonin Scalia

Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has been taken…

— Tom Clancy

“The Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment,” I told him when he stepped down from the podium. “What?” he innocently asked. “Getting you out…

— Chloe Neill

By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted…

— John Paul Stevens

I’d forgotten to keep blasting a song in my mind. I remedied my mistake, but the lyrics to “Do You Really Want to Hurt…

— Jeaniene Frost

“I once visited a place where they killed people by putting them in a chair. Not torture — that was common enough; beds and…

— Iain M. Banks

In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as…

— Catherine Wilson

“This felt like being stalked as prey, and he hated that his relationship with Dagger was being exploited for the entertainment of total strangers.…

— Ann Lister

“I promised her we’d be quick, and Ben and I slipped away, just in time to hear Senator Blaine clear his throat and say,…

— Hilary Duff

I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protection of the laws, due process…

— Antonin Scalia

The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and go digging…

— Richard Posner

“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece was never…

— Yanis Varoufakis