Quote: How is it cruel and unusual, Its one of the oldst punishments in society not very unusual there as for cruelty its clearly less cruel than prison. You only have to open your eyes to see that prison is horrenously cruel, and that there have been successful societies born out of exile colonies. The Acaidian exiles 1755 -1762 into now Boston, and the Australia exlies, are two from modern history. Many believe that native Jamaicans are Ethiopian exiles. It would be difficult to argue that exile is worse than emprisonment.
Nothing productive is coming out of NYC. Plus, there's a moat around it. Good use for a wasteland.