Judd for the Defense - 1967 Punishments Cruel and Unusual 2-10 was released on:
USA: 6 December 1968
He saw your face.
No one can really say this. It is known that Vlad the Impaler was very cruel and had some cruel punishments and methods of execution (e.g. impaling), but there are so many legends about him - most of them were invented by his enemies - that people cannot say what was invented and what really happened.
City Confidential - 1998 Paducah Cruel Summer 5-12 was released on: USA: 16 January 2002
Cruel Game - 2002 was released on: Norway: 27 November 2002 (video premiere) USA: 4 May 2004 (DVD premiere) Spain: 26 May 2004 (video premiere)
The immortal Prometheus was bound to a rock, where each day an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to feed on his liver, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day.
The 8th amendment prohibits cruel or unusual punishments.
Oz - 1997 Cruel and Unusual Punishments 3-6 was released on: USA: 18 August 1999 Hungary: 4 October 2008
8th amendement outlaws cruel and unusual punishment.
The 8th amendment prohibits cruel or unusual punishments.
Amendment 8
The Eighth Amendment.
Oz - 1997 Cruel and Unusual Punishments 3-6 is rated/received certificates of: USA:TV-MA
death, torture, and public humiliation were three unusual and cruel punishment before the 8th amendment.
The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments."
cruel and unusual punishments to crimes
The 8th Amendment is important because it protects the individual from excessive bail or fines, and from "cruel and unusual punishments." The "cruel and unusual punishments" clause has been the most important and the most widely debated. The court has ruled that punishments involving lingering deaths (such as quartering and burning at the stake) are banned by this amendment, but not other forms of capital punishment.
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) states:"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"