Devil's Advocate (again)

[Jim choate]

> 
> Additionally, since properly executed crypto can only be breached by the 
> application of torture to the key holder, The VIIIth Amendment's 
> prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment may apply.
>
How can sitting in jail cell under contempt of court charge for undetermined
periods be considered cruel or unusual punishment? Would seem to me that if
a person refuses to comply and reveal their keys they should expect some
form of legal retribution.

If a person were to sit there long enough I am shure they would crack if
for no other reason than family pressure and the sure realization that 
their homes and other possessions will be repossessed or otherwise lost.