The Story of Cruel and Unusual
$37.83
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2024
Summary
A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo 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 Guantanamo were shocking to most Americans. And those who condemned the treatment of prisoners abroad have focused on U.S. military procedures and abuses of executive powers in the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551960 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262551969 |
| Author: | Colin Dayan |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm |
| Series: | Boston Review Books |
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About The Author
Colin Dayan
Colin Dayan is Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of, most recently, Haiti, History, and the Gods and is completing Held in the Body of the State, forthcoming.
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