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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Further Readings



Denno, Deborah W. 2000. "Adieu to Electrocution." Ohio Northern University Law Review 26 (summer): 665–88.

Harding, Roberta M. 1994. "'Endgame': Competency and the Execution of Condemned Inmates—A Proposal to Satisfy the Eighth Amendment's Prohibition against the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishment." St. Louis University Public Law Review 14.



LaFave, Wayne R., and Austin W. Scott Jr. 1986. Substantive Criminal Law. St. Paul, Minn.: West.

Macready, Dawn. 2000. "The 'Shocking' Truth About the Electric Chair: An Analysis of the Unconstitutionality of Electrocution." Ohio Northern University Law Review 26 (summer): 781–800.

Nelson, Diane A. 1993. "Hudson v. McMillian: The Evolving Standard of Eighth Amendment Application to the Use of Excessive Force Against Prison Inmates." North Carolina Law Review 71 (June).

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