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sejjeyesterday at 7:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

Cruel and unusual punishment is about sentencing, after a trial. These folks didn't go through a trial.

No, I don't think either person deserved fifteen years of hard labor, or five years.

What actually happened is not that they were executed on the spot, no.


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sowbugyesterday at 7:59 PM

It's not a particularly strong argument that these agents didn't violate the 8th amendment because they violated the 6th amendment right to trial.

lovichtoday at 12:48 AM

Oh, just spontaneously died then? You know if you play the video backwards it shows ICE applying lifesaving bullet removal techniques on Mr. Pretti and Mrs. Good