The Story of Cruel and Unusual

by Colin Dayan

Book Overview

A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guant namo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment.

The revelations of prisoner abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib and more recently at Guant namo were shocking to most Americans. And those who condemned the treatment of prisoners abroad have focused on U.S. military procedures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042398
• ISBN13: 9780262042390
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher