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Quotation from The Massachusetts Body of Liberties by The General Court of Massachusetts Bay (drafted chiefly by Nathaniel Ward)
“For bodilie punishments we allow amongst us none that are inhumane Barbarous or cruel.”
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Liberty 46
A ban on cruel punishment 150 years before the Eighth Amendment.
Citation: "For bodilie punishments we allow amongst us none that are inhumane Barbarous or cruel." — The General Court of Massachusetts Bay (drafted chiefly by Nathaniel Ward), The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Liberty 46. (id massachusetts-body-of-liberties-q2)
