# The Story of Cruel and Unusual

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- Authors: [Colin Dayan](https://www.bookquiver.com/colin-dayan)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2024-04-30

## Description

A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of...

## Editions

### The Story of Cruel and Unusual

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6255-196-0
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2024-04-30
- Language: en_US