Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 5. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · Part 8. SENTENCES

38-2-1055. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited.

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Punishment by flogging or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body or any other cruel or unusual punishment shall not be adjudged by a court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this article. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1055, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

Cross references

Cruel and unusual punishment, U.S. Const., amend. 8 and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV. Prohibition against whipping as punishment for crime, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XVIII.

Other notes

U.S. Code.: For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 855.

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