[Mack the knife]

Was whipping, public or private, EVER written in U.S. law?

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In the United States judicial flogging was last used in 1952 in Delaware when a wife beater got 20 lashes. In Delaware, the criminal code permitted floggings to occur until 1972. One of the major objections to judicial corporal punishment in the United States was that it was unpleasant to administer.....Wikipedia “Judicial corporal punishment”

[Twinkie]

When they call me up for jury duty, I will tell them I’m for
the death penalty. I had jury duty last year; but it wasn’t
a murder trial. - Surely they won’t call me any more. I was
already over 65 this last time. - They keep you on a tight
leash for 3 or 4 months. - I know. I shouldn’t complain. It
wasn’t bad.