| ▲ | sejje 6 hours ago | |
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. | ||
| ▲ | sowbug 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |
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. | ||