Criminal punishment in most of the Western world is fairly straightforward today; most who have committed a crime can simply expect either a fine or varying amounts of prison time based on their misdeed’s severity. Or hey if the issue is light enough or the person perhaps influential enough then maybe they could get away with community service. These, however, haven’t always been simple facts.

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment in History