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S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-2785

Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited

1984 Act No. 378, SECTION 28.

Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body, or any other cruel and unusual punishment, may not be adjudged by any court-martial and inflicted upon any person subject to this code.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.