severe mental pain or suffering
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
Severe mental pain or suffering defined.—In this section, the term “severe mental pain or suffering” has the meaning given that term in section 2340(2) of title 18.
Source
- 2006–present10 U.S.C. § 950VArmed Forces · Crimes triable by military commissions · under this chapter
“severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from—
(A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;
(B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality;
(C) the threat of imminent death; or
(D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; and
Source
- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 2340Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · as used in this chapter
The term “severe mental pain or suffering” has the meaning given that term in section 2340(2) of title 18.
Source
- 2006–present10 U.S.C. § 950VArmed Forces · Crimes triable by military commissions · under this chapter