01.08.12

US Constitution, Amendment VIII
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
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Notes from a Guantanamo Survivor:
"At one point, I was chained to the ceiling of a building and hung by my hands for days. A doctor sometimes checked if I was O.K.; then I would be strung up again. The pain was unbearable."

Notes From a Guantánamo Survivor

www.nytimes.com

I was arrested on a bus ride and wound up in prison at Guantánamo Bay.