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Absence Quote by Tom Clancy

“Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the…” quote by Tom Clancy — Download Open image

“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 to mean the absence of cable television and denial of sex-change operations, or just overcrowding in the prisons.”

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