infamous punishment

infamous punishment
Punishment characterized by infamy; punishment for a felony rather than punishment for a misdemeanor. 27 Am J1st Indict § 9. Two hundred years ago, punishments clearly infamous were death, gallows, pillory, branding, whipping, confinement at hard labor, and cropping. Whipping and being put in the stocks were not so regarded in colonial times, but would probably be considered infamous today. Punishment by confinement in a state prison or penitentiary, or other similar institution is held to be infamous punishment. Ex parte Wilson, 114 US 417, 428, 29 L Ed 89, 93, 5 S Ct 935.

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