The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims the Supreme Court endorsed starvation as execution.
- In plain terms
- The court approved letting prisoners die of hunger.
- What can you take from it?
- Judicial approval of cruel methods is contested.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What constitutes cruel punishment?
- How far should courts go?
Another view
The comparison to Nazi camps is hyperbolic and historically contested.
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