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2018 Georgia Code 38-2-1055 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 38-2-1055 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 38-2-1055

TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 2. Military Affairs, 38-2-1 through 38-2-1145.

ARTICLE 5 CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

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

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.

(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.

U.S. Code.

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

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