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Degrading Punishments
in exploitative states, punishments whose aim is to publicly humiliate and degrade the convicted person. They were first used in ancient slave societies and were common in the feudal period. Convicted persons were led around in a fool’s costume, smeared with tar, had yokes put around their necks, and were placed in pillories. Bourgeois criminal law retained such punishments, primarily for persons persecuted for their political convictions. The French criminal code of 1810 provided for such punishments as the yoke (abolished in 1832) and the pillory (abolished in 1848). In Russia in 1864 the tsarist government subjected N. G. Chernyshevsky to the public ceremony of “civil execution.” After he was placed in a pillory, a sword was broken over his head and a board with the inscription “state criminal” was hung around his neck. Such punishments were abolished in Russia in 1880. They are still used in some capitalist countries that pursue policies of racial discrimination and apartheid. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Fehmida Mirza said that women throughout the globe are subject to torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading punishments and violence. Lindsay Lohan sent out a stream of messages on her Twitter account earlier this week citing articles in the United Nations Human Rights declaration regarding torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments. We the undersigned Sudanese women urge the Government of Sudan to: * Cease the use of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments * Guarantee the procedural rights of women accessing the justice system at all times * Guarantee respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with the National Interim Constitution (NIC) and regional and international human rights standards. |
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