freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

Noun
  1. A right guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US Constitution (synset 105193020)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: civil right - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality

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