Well, back in the day, their were quite a few less states, quite a few less congress critters, and they were not QUITE so hostile towards each other most of the time. They did not want set political parties (Well, some of them didn't) basically for this very reason. But, here we are.
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Nah, that would be pretty much the definition of cruel and unusual. Though I think sitting on death row for 20+ years is also cruel and unusual, but what can you do.