shocks the conscience
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From 342 U.S. 165 - Rochin v. People of California · 1952Most cited · 6,715 citing opinions
Due process of law, as a historic and generative principle, precludes defining, and thereby confining, these standards of conduct more precisely than to say that convictions cannot be brought about by methods that offend 'a sense of justice.