[LexBaird]

I seriously doubt that the authors of the Amendment were referring to a criminal sentence of hard labor as served in a prison.

I certainly could be argued, just as the meaning of "cruel and unusual" is. Tangentially, I always wondered how the military draft squared with that clause. Enrollment in an army against your will and being forced to labor and risk life seems to be against this amendment.

[LexBaird]

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