| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - For Justice Brennan, unsurprisingly, the interpretation of ???cruel and unusual punishment??? was subject to the ???evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.???3 There was a danger that ???an extremely severe punishment???may reflect the attitude that the person punished is not entitled to recognition as a fellow human being.???4 Human dignity is a theme that runs
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