article_snippet.sent: The Eighth Amendment provides: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
article_snippet.sent: Practically, however, punishments are rarely deemed cruel and unusual by the judiciary.  
article_snippet.sent: We have executed people with hangings and by firing squad.  
article_snippet.sent: Suppose arguendo (for argument's sake) that sterilization is judicially labeled a cruel and unusual punishment, violating The Eighth Amendment.  
article_snippet.sent: So then, if we can validly waive our other constitutional rights, can we waive we Eighth Amendment rights and choose a cruel and unusual punishment, even if it would otherwise be unconstitutional?
article_snippet.sent: When we talk about castrating men who are recidivist sexual predators and child molesters, the idea of castration as punishment doesn't sound so bad right?  
article_snippet.sent: After all, not too long ago, execution was a legal punishment for nonhomicide sex crimes in some jurisdictions.
article_snippet.sent: So if we're OK with the gas chamber, we're probably OK with a snip.  
article_snippet.sent: what feels cruel and unusual punishment for a woman just feels less so for a man.  