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.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Military and Civil Defense, § 218.