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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Asked for the second time:
Why do we not use physical punishment (beating, infliction of pain) against prison inmates as part of their sentence?
And I'm not talking Guantanamo...I'm talking shoplifters, armed robbers, mother stabbers, father rapers, you know, the folks on the Group W bench...
Also, I'm not asking if we should, or not...I'm asking why we don't.
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I don't know, but we used to. Whipping was common a hundred years ago. There must be some case law somewhere.