The Malawi court’s decision provides a roadmap for future challenges to the death penalty in other southern African countries.
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision has put a halt to any legal claims that there’s no difference between corporations and people.
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Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling against a company that claimed a fine against it constituted cruel and unusual punishment will quell fears of weakening corporate law.
An inmate at California Men’s Colony prison.
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently opened a unit for people suffering dementia. But is incarceration a ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment for those who don’t understand why they are behind bars?
The statue of Veritas (Truth) is pictured in front of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa in May 2018.
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Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
A Québec company is asking for a Charter right usually reserved for people. There could be unintended consequences if it wins its challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Could using the guillotine be more humane than execution by lethal injection?
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Many recent executions in the US by lethal injections have resulted in prolonged suffering before death. A historian asks: Could the guillotine be a preferable method?