Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judge Rules

Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg... by codezero on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:27PM (#20636217)

I was responding to the question "How is it cruel" - I didn't mean to opine on the legal phrasing/interpretation of cruel and unusual punishment.

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Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg... by mieseratte on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:30PM (#20636250)

> How is admittedly imprisoning someone for "coercive" reasons not cruel? /I'll table the unusual bit.

Why would I assume you meant the colloquial "cruel" and not the legal "cruel" here? Perhaps you should edit to clarify if your intent was the former as opposed to the latter.

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Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg... by codezero on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:58PM (#20636544)

I don't know, why would I assume you mean the legal terminology. I don't assume that it's that when the phrase isn't used in full - I assumed the omission was intentional. Something can be cruel without being unreasonable, and something can be unreasonable without being cruel.

Perhaps you should also edit to clarify your intent.

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