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@#40 ... Cruel and unusual indeed. ...

Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment
www.britannica.com

... What is the purpose of the Eighth Amendment?

How does the Eighth Amendment address cruel and unusual punishment?

The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, leaving it to the courts to determine what is permissible, ensuring punishment is proportional to the crime. ...



@#30 ... "Where is this suppression I keep hearing about?" ...

Maybe also, things such as this ...

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law (2016)
www.npr.org

...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."

The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."

The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....

[emphasis mine]

www.youtube.com

*points and laughs*

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Aaaaahhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahaha f*&^ off, losers.

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