| 单词 | cruel and unusual punishment |
| 例句 | We filed a petition to challenge Joe's sentence as unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Supreme Court announced its decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Since then, the courts have found the extremity of that kind of treatment to constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia, the Court recognized that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment and banned the practice as unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Supreme Court, where it was argued that electrocution would constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bag thing is manageable, but having to actually clean the bowl in its current state is just cruel and unusual punishment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Is downgrading a man's celebrity status considered a cruel and unusual punishment in the media industry? Jeffrey Toobin is back on CNN and I have questions 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Through Scientology’s tax exemption, we all subsidize the church’s documented cruel and unusual punishments of its adherents and critics,” explained Alex Gibney in a piece for The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year. “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself”: Leah Remini opens up on surviving her time in the controversial church 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z "I greatly admire both these actors, but having such elderly thesps playing these characters sometimes seems cruel and unusual punishment for both them and the audience." Much Ado leaves critics unimpressed 2013-09-20T10:51:33Z On the flip-side, it could be cruel and unusual punishment for a dog to become a member of the Trump family. Why doesn’t Trump have a dog — and should he get one? Experts weigh in 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Although protection from “cruel and unusual punishment” is allegedly the cornerstone of the U.S. penal codes—a moral law so seemingly inviolable that it’s written into the Bill of Rights—the opposite is true. Stop laughing at Jared Fogle: Prison violence isn’t a joke — no matter how reviled the target 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z For trans people, the current state of mass incarceration amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. “Orange Is the New Black” could help save trans inmate lives: Prisons continue to fail women like Sophia 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Our modern prison system is built on cruel and unusual punishment, in which inmates are denied dignity; refused basic necessities like food, reading material, and medical care; experimented on; or even killed. Stop laughing at Jared Fogle: Prison violence isn’t a joke — no matter how reviled the target 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z L.A. allows camps from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. as a compromise reached with homeless advocates who successfully challenged its anti-camping laws as cruel and unusual punishment for people with nowhere to live. Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Following the international publicity that Binoche helped to generate, and the widespread condemnation of Iran for its cruel and unusual punishment of women, the Iranian authorities changed Ashtiani's death sentence from stoning to hanging. Juliette Binoche 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z “It takes cruel and unusual punishment to the extreme,” she said. Leaving Gun Towers and Barbed Wire for a Healing House 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z And so did a decision declining to find a three-strikes law to be a “cruel and unusual punishment,” which left in place a 50-year prison sentence for a man who stole videotapes worth $153.54. A Supreme Court for the Rich 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “The government has an obligation to adhere to the constitutional mandate against cruel and unusual punishment when carrying out executions,” Gardner said in an email. The state said an execution happened ‘without complication.’ Reporters in the room had a different story. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ordered the state to immediately shrink its prison population because its treatment of prisoners constituted cruel and unusual punishment. California education’s painful decline 2012-10-02T17:01:00Z SPRINGFIELD— Shutting down the super-maximum prison already is drawing plaudits from groups across the county that contend the conditions at Tamms are so harsh that it qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. Quinn's bad news budget: 'our rendezvous with reality has arrived' 2012-02-22T18:28:00Z She also went on to say that for those who do not want children, childbirth constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment.” Perspective | Let’s talk about maternal gore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z He read legal books and began to win lawsuits over cruel and unusual punishment. ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Because of a malfunction, Francis survived electrocution; a local lawyer, arguing that a second electrocution would be cruel and unusual punishment, took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Gilbert King on His Pulitzer-Winning ‘Devil in the Grove’ 2013-04-24T21:49:56Z California Penal Code, what have you, free speech, Second Amendment, the right to bear arms and Eighth Amendment — can't subject people to cruel and unusual punishment. Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers: ‘You cannot fight racism with racism. You have to fight it with solidarity.’ 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Trips could last for days; it wasn't considered cruel and unusual punishment to include clubs residing in Maine, Virginia and Ohio in the same league. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z “I must now express admiration for your ability to survive cruel and unusual punishment. How else could you have survived the experience of watching ‘Anonymous’ a second time?” he asked. An Unexpected Letter from John Paul Stevens, Shakespeare Skeptic 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z However, Pittman noted that the Ohio Supreme Court, relying on the Simmons and Graham cases, recently found that mandatory lifetime registration for juvenile sex offenders violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Thirteen and locked up for life? 2012-10-02T20:27:00Z A group of Waupun inmates filed a federal lawsuit in Milwaukee in October alleging that the prison’s conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Governor eases lockdowns at Wisconsin prisons amid lawsuit, seeks to improve safety 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Smith’s attorneys also filed an appeal, saying that a second try for lethal injection would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama will be first U.S. jurisdiction to execute inmate using nitrogen 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The state asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling after a 2022 trial that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments. South Carolina has lethal injection drug but justices want more info before restarting executions 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Jurors found he deprived the women of their constitutional right to not face cruel and unusual punishment while they served time at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility south of Portland in Wilsonville. Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting women gets 30 years 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Those practices violate the constitutional rights of those incarcerated to due process and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, their lawyers said. Pennsylvania inmates sue over ‘tortuous conditions’ of solitary confinement 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Also in question is a lower court ruling after a summer 2022 trial that the electric chair and lethal injection are cruel and unusual punishments. South Carolina inmates want executions paused while new lethal injection method is studied 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z A late September firing felt like cruel and unusual punishment to Kiffin. 10 years after USC fired him on the tarmac, Lane Kiffin believes he can weather any storm 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The motion calls Missouri “a clear outlier” and states that the law violates the Eighth Amendment guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment. Missouri inmate convicted of killing cop says judges shouldn’t get to hand down death sentences 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges that the law enacted in April violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. ACLU sues over Indiana law blocking gender-affirming surgery for inmates 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The appeals court reasoned the city ordinance’s ticketing scheme violated the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Oregon city tells Supreme Court that ticketing homeless people isn’t cruel and unusual punishment 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Now, when I hear that I would have to live in my parents’ house and could only visit 25 websites, that sounds like a cruel and unusual punishment to me. Sam Bankman-Fried Goes to Jail, Back to School With A.I. and A Self-Driving Car Update 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The Aug. 4 ruling held that denying voting rights violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Mississippi seeks new court hearing to revive its permanent stripping of some felons’ voting rights 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The argument that the ban was cruel and unusual punishment marked a departure from past attacks on disenfranchisement. Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a federal appeals court panel ruled in a split decision Friday. Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishments. Mississippi cannot strip convicts of right to vote, court rules 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Back in 2018, a 9th Circuit panel ruled 2 to 1 that government was barred from imprisoning people for not having a place to live by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Punishing people for sleeping in parks does not address homelessness | LZ Granderson 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The three-judge panel that issued the Grants Pass ruling wrongly applied the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, O’Scannlain wrote. Appeals court debate over homelessness mirrors dilemma confronting cities 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Paul Ryan, the former House speaker, supposedly required his interns to read "Atlas Shrugged"; one would have thought the constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishment would have banned this Sisyphean labor. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The lawsuit that the appeals court panel ruled on Friday is based on arguments that Mississippi is imposing cruel and unusual punishment with a lifetime ban on voting after some felony convictions. Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Constitution provisions guaranteeing equal protection under the law and barring cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. Supreme Court won't weigh gender dysphoria's status under disability law 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z I asked ChatGPT to say something clever in reply, and the robot wrote: “I mean, I love a good TED Talk as much as the next person, but that’s just cruel and unusual punishment!” ChatFished: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With A.I. 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z But that law is on hold because of a court challenge as to whether those execution methods are constitutionally prohibited cruel and unusual punishments. Executions may return to South Carolina; shield law nears OK 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The Justice Department’s third-highest-ranking official, Vanita Gupta, informed local judges and juvenile courts on Thursday that imposing fines and fees without accounting for a person’s financial status violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Dept. Presses Local Courts to Reduce Fines 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It alleged that conditions in the county’s jails violated the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Federal judge orders contempt hearing over L.A. County's failure to clean up its jails 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges battery, cruel and unusual punishment and violations of free speech rights, seeking unspecified compensation. Lawsuit: Guards beat, taunt New Mexico inmate with, ‘You can’t breathe’ 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case from Texas on a large question: whether prolonged solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment, which is banned under the Eighth Amendment. How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The 35-page civil complaint alleges negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violations of state and federal constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment. Lawsuit: Officials ‘mocked’ Nevada prison-firefighter burns 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z We are not alone in considering it cruel and unusual punishment — a sanitized term for torture. Opinion | Virginia finally curbs solitary confinement — but not enough 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Monday’s motion is the latest legal maneuver in a class-action lawsuit originally filed in 1975, alleging conditions in the county’s jails violated the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ACLU asks judge to hold sheriff, supervisors in contempt over jail conditions 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “It is a national disgrace and a betrayal of a founding principle embedded in our Bill of Rights, the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.” Perspective | Senate prison system inquiry reveals ‘national disgrace,’ Ossoff says 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z In their appeals court brief, prison officials conceded that “exercise is a basic human need, and its long-term denial may constitute cruel and unusual punishment.” How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But that law has been placed on hold amid a challenge from death row prisoners who have argued both methods are unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishments. S. Carolina bill shielding death penalty drugmakers advances 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Two of the three cases at issue used hypothetical scenarios that defence counsel argued could render these mandatory minimums unconstitutional because they would constitute cruel and unusual punishment in certain instances. Canada's Supreme Court gives mixed rulings on gun crime penalties 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The suit, originally filed in late 2020, says there were policy violations, as well as cruel and unusual punishment, when Bulger was put in the general population at a notoriously violent and understaffed facility. Nephew says feds responsible for prison death of mob boss Whitey Bulger 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Such a prospect surely violates the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama Supreme Court clears the way for more cruelty in execution 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Playing the Oilers here Tuesday night after finally having returned home for a lone matchup the prior afternoon seemed akin to cruel and unusual punishment. Back-to-back losses for weary Kraken as Oilers win 5-2 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The question about pain remains a key point of contention in the ongoing national debate about whether lethal injection violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Report shines new light on execution secrecy in Tennessee 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z His counsel argued that in some cases, this mandatory minimum could constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Canada's Supreme Court gives mixed rulings on gun crime penalties 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Wagner’s attorneys emphasize that he didn’t kill anyone and say denying him “a meaningful chance of parole” would be unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Man to be sentenced in murders of 8 from another Ohio family 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z He also accuses the state of cruel and unusual punishment for his treatment upon his return to the prison from the hospital. Tennessee judge puts death row inmate’s lawsuit on hold 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The lawsuit accuses the state of violating the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, seeks monetary damages and asks for an injunction to block Alabama from “making a second attempt to execute Mr. Smith.” Attorneys: ‘Botched’ execution caused pain and torture 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z At the time, the governor refused to say whether he thought the death penalty could be squared with the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama halts executions in a vain attempt to "fix" capital punishment: It can't be done 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z His counsel used a hypothetical scenario to argue the four-year mandatory minimum sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Canada's Supreme Court gives mixed rulings on gun crime penalties 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z She compared his treatment to torture and said it violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Tenn. inmate’s mutilation highlights prison mental care woes 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Oregon Federal Public Defender Lisa Hay said the prisoners weren’t only challenging the conditions of their confinement, but specifically claiming that the prison violated the Constitution’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Judge dismissed mistreatment claims at Oregon federal prison 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Supreme Court that carrying out a death sentence despite a jury recommending life in prison constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama to Execute Man Whose Jury Voted 11-1 to Spare Him 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Each has also recognized their constitutional responsibility to avoid imposing cruel and unusual punishments. Alabama halts executions in a vain attempt to "fix" capital punishment: It can't be done 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Also Tuesday, Hoyt denied a separate request by Barbee’s attorneys for an execution stay over claims the inmate’s right to avoid cruel and unusual punishment would be violated. Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Smith’s attorneys asked justices to stay the execution to review whether the death sentence, imposed over the jury’s wishes, violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Man sentenced to death over jury’s wish seeks execution stay 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Smith’s attorneys pointed to a July execution, which an anti-death penalty group claims was botched, to argue that Alabama’s lethal injection process creates a risk of cruel and unusual punishment. Judge dismisses lawsuit over incoming lethal injection 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Huffaker asked an attorney for the state at what point is the search for a vein impacted by the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Judge grills Alabama officials over lethal injection process 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The 2020 lawsuit alleges that conditions in the prison system are so poor that they violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment and that state officials are “deliberately indifferent” to the problems. Alabama prisons reduce meals, nix visits amid inmate strike 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The 2020 lawsuit alleges that conditions in the prison system are so poor that they violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment and that state officials are “deliberately indifferent” to the problems. Alabama prisoners refusing to work in 2nd day of protest 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z There is no requirement for a state to demonstrate that a method of execution is not “cruel and unusual punishment,” as defined by the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. ‘New Execution Method Touted as More ‘Humane,’ But Evidence Is Lacking’ 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Other reports of experiences with the morality police, which have been shared with the BBC, include beatings and more cruel and unusual punishments. Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Smith’s attorney, Robert Grass, said Alabama’s lethal injection procedure creates the intolerable “risk of cruel and unusual punishment.” Judge grills Alabama officials over lethal injection process 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Attorneys for Le and Yoo had argued that, partly because of their youth, a life sentence would constitute cruel and unusual punishment barred by the Eighth Amendment. Three Reccless Tigers gang members sentenced to life in prison 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Alabama — known as the Miller decision — that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment forbids life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of murder. WA Supreme Court upholds teen’s 61-year sentence in Tukwila double murder 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z In the highest-profile case, four Oklahoma prisoners contended that using midazolam constituted cruel and unusual punishment because it “fails to render a person insensate to pain.” ‘New Execution Method Touted as More ‘Humane,’ But Evidence Is Lacking’ 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Both methods, which were brought back by legislation in 2021, violated the state constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, according to Circuit Judge Jocelyn Newman’s ruling, multiple outlets reported. Death by firing squad, electric chair ruled unconstitutional by S.C. judge 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z This sentiment no doubt played a role in curtailing use of this cruel and unusual punishment. Opinion | Solitary confinement is torture. U.S. prisons should stop using it. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The most controversial provision of the Eighth Amendment is the ban on “cruel and unusual punishments.” American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z California is lagging behind in ending this cruel and unusual punishment. Opinion | California has the chance to limit solitary confinement. It should take it. 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Boise, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prosecuting people for sleeping in public amounted to cruel and unusual punishment when no shelter beds are available. Los Angeles Bans Encampments Near Schools 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The dissenting justices agreed that Ella’s arguments alleging an Eighth Amendment violation of cruel and unusual punishment fail. Wisconsin court rules against transgender sex offender 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But in 2020, he filed suit saying that method in his circumstance would violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court rules for death row inmate asking to die by firing squad 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z For example, the Eighth Amendment prohibits the application of “cruel and unusual punishments” to those convicted of crimes, a limitation on the power of members of each governmental branch: judges, law enforcement, and lawmakers. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “Our Constitution does not allow for cruel and unusual punishment,” the judge said. Larry Nassar loses last appeal in sexual assault scandal 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z But Canada’s Supreme Court changed that last month, ruling unanimously that the law was “degrading” and unconstitutional, amounting to cruel and unusual punishment, and requiring a parole option after 25 years. Toronto Mass Killer Sentenced Under Shadow of Supreme Court Ruling 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z They told the hearing in London that the wording of Trinidad and Tobago's constitution meant that a mandatory death penalty should be ruled to be a cruel and unusual punishment - and therefore banned. UK judges refuse to ban death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Asked whether the difficulties in inserting IVs during executions violate protections against cruel and unusual punishment, Denno said there has been a history of botched executions in the U.S. since the advent of lethal injections. Experts: Arizona executioners took too long to insert IV 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Also, any perceived violation of a liberty protected by the Bill of Rights, such as freedom of speech or the protection against cruel and unusual punishment, can be argued before the federal courts. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The court said such sentences amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the Iowa Constitution. Iowa teen charged with killing teacher seeks juvenile trial 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Moore’s attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to delay his death while another court determines if either available method is cruel and unusual punishment. South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The inmates claim their rights to due process and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment were violated by a deputy warden and others at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility. New Mexico inmates outline abuse in civil rights lawsuit 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It barred cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail, while protecting free deliberations by juries and the right of Protestants to bear arms. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Finally, the Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive fines and bails, as well as “cruel and unusual punishments,” although the scope of what is cruel and unusual is subject to debate. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Supreme Court decision, known as the Miller decision, that determined the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments precludes mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders. 1 of 2 teens who killed Bellevue family in 1997 resentenced, given chance for ‘meaningful life’ outside prison 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The English Bill of Rights also included such guarantees as the right to a fair trial, as well as freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishment. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the Jewish leaders in the lawsuit, contests that execution by lethal gas violates the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Arizona Jewish community leaders sue state over potential use of cyanide gas in executions 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Last month, Mr. Hope asked the Supreme Court to consider whether such prolonged isolation can violate the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishments. 27 Years in Solitary Confinement, Then Another Plea for Help in Texas 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z They argued that since it could not reliably cause unconsciousness, its use constituted an Eighth Amendment violation against cruel and unusual punishment and should be stopped by the courts. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In 1972, they narrowly decided that certain applications of the death penalty resulted in cruel and unusual punishment. How Supreme Court diversity has shaped American life, visualized The 8th Amendment also forbids “cruel and unusual punishments.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that said sentencing juveniles to life without parole could violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo continues legal fight for new punishment 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Breyer in recent years emerged as a persistent critic of the death penalty and wrote that it was "highly likely" that capital punishment violates the Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment says the government cannot impose “cruel and unusual punishments” on individuals for their criminal acts. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z He filed a lawsuit alleging, among other things, cruel and unusual punishment and retaliation. L.A. County to pay $1 million to FBI informant in jail abuse scandal 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z More often than not, it has rejected the cruel and unusual punishment argument. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Hilary Brown, the family's legal representative, said not disclosing any footage to the family "constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment for a family seeking nothing more than the truth". Mohamud Mohammed Hassan death: Family seek answers a year on 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z This was particularly true, he wrote, in cases concerning the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. Language Mistake in Georgia Death Penalty Law Creates a Daunting Hurdle 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that executions of the intellectually disabled violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Relatives of slain mom, daughter speak at Payne hearing 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z One parsed the legal nuances around claims of unjust confinement, debating which constitutional amendment applied to their situation — the one prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment, or the one that protects against being unfairly detained. He sued SeaWorld to liberate the whales. Then he started getting postcards from them 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment and accuses state officials of being deliberately indifferent to the situation. DOJ: Alabama prisons unimproved, remain violent and deadly 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In seeking transfer to home confinement, Tarrio said his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishments was being violated at the jail. Proud Boys leader denied early release from D.C. jail 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, forbids the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court’s Growing Hostility to Arguments of Death Row Inmates 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The case returned to the county circuit court in 2019 after the Oregon Supreme Court tossed their sentences, declaring they constituted cruel and unusual punishment because of their age at the time of the murders. Sentences of Salem twins reduced in 1993 murder of couple 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Without an aroused citizenry, cruel and unusual punishment will carry the day. Opinion | The D.C. jail is the city’s responsibility. You wouldn’t know it from the city’s response. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Supreme Court said Oklahoma’s use of midazolam didn’t violate the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Doctors question sedative dose used in Oklahoma execution 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z "Finally, the cruel and unusual punishment that has been inflicted upon them – a decadeslong denial of justice – has come to an end." Alabama man executed for 1991 killing of police officer’s sister after February delay 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A second lawsuit accuses the city of Los Angeles of excessive force and cruel and unusual punishment in an April attempt to tow the RV while Finley was asleep inside it. A fraud conviction ended his battles for civil rights. 14 years later, Stephen Yagman is back 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Attorneys pointed to a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that asserts that using the death penalty against Americans with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments". Ernest Johnson: Missouri executes man for killing three in 1994 robbery 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer suggested Monday the court should evaluate whether lengthy stays on death row constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of constitutional rights. Justice Breyer questions constitutionality of the death penalty 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The court should direct Fluvanna to provide Yoakam chest surgery, the suit said, and declare that the prison violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, among other violations. Transgender inmate sues Va. prison for chest surgery to treat gender dysphoria 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z That’s government’s responsibility, starting with the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. Washington prisons require humane climate resiliency 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Over the course of the next decade, multiple federal judges would call the sentence “cruel and unusual punishment.” Virginia’s ‘Marijuana Martyr’ fought a 40-year sentence for selling pot. Now he can legally smoke a joint. 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z They also argued that executing them by electrocution subjects them to excruciating pain and violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Wood's botched execution prompted a temporary suspension of capital punishment in Arizona, as lawyers for condemned convicts and human rights defenders argued such killings violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Arizona to go forward with executions using the same gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In that lawsuit, Missouri’s “freeze frame” policy — denying hormone treatment to people not receiving it before their incarceration — was declared cruel and unusual punishment. Transgender inmate sues Va. prison for chest surgery to treat gender dysphoria 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Virginia, a 2002 case in which the court ruled 6-3 that executing a mentally challenged defendant is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Georgia inmate challenges state’s death penalty laws at Supreme Court 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z “I think it is cruel and unusual punishment, to someone like Ronnie, but also to his family and the people who loved him,” Gardner said. As South Carolina execution looms, firing squad debated 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Manuel was subjected to what many would consider cruel and unusual punishment. Brutalized in prison and freed by Bryan Stevenson, a survivor writes his story 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that executing a person with an intellectual disability violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Bill passes to stop executions of intellectually disabled 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Over the past decade and a half, the Supreme Court struck down those laws as the unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment” they were. Opinion | The Supreme Court calls a halt to its progress on juvenile sentencing 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Attempts to make this practice constitutional have enveloped it with ever-more-refined procedural safeguards intended to make it compatible with the Eighth Amendment’s proscription of “cruel and unusual punishments.” Opinion | Why capital punishment is finally coming to an end 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z In those previous decisions, when it contemplated how the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment applies to juveniles, the court’s movement had been in one direction. Supreme Court rules against juvenile sentenced to life without parole 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Alabama decision that mandatory life sentences without parole for minors are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishments." Sotomayor cites Kavanaugh’s own words to slam his decision allowing life sentences for minors 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z It argues the new law violates First Amendment protections for free speech, Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment and 14th Amendment protections of due process. Florida’s governor sued over new ‘anti-riot’ law 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z In his appeal, Klinetobe argued the judge who sentenced him abused her discretion and that the life term violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the Rapid City Journal reported. Supreme Court rejects defendant’s appeal in 2015 slaying 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Wright, ruled 5-4 that even severe spanking of schoolchildren by faculty members did not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Today in History 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z In 2002, the United States Supreme Court ruled that executing a person with an intellectual disability violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Tennessee: Bid to stop executions of intellectually disabled 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In a lawsuit, Fillion charged that his continued imprisonment, after 24 years, constituted cruel and unusual punishment and violated the constitutional right to equal protection. Legislature moves to resentence up to 114 people serving life without parole under Washington’s three-strikes law 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The suit accuses the officers of excessive force, wrongful death, negligence, cruel and unusual punishment and battery. Lawsuit filed over death of Kentucky man in police custody 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z For them and for society, the imposition of a potential life sentence for murder isn’t cruel and unusual punishment regardless of its out-of-pocket costs or deterrence value. Opinion | Victims should have a say on ending life without parole in Virginia 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z A closer look at the settlement reveals it to be a sensible response to a legal claim that keeping prisoners in crowded conditions during a pandemic constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Two Virginia sheriffs to pull inmates out of troubled jail 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Judge Smith, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, wrote that the conditions Mr. Taylor described violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Cracks in a Legal Shield for Officers’ Misconduct 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling which says such an enforcement violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In near-unanimous vote, Mercer Island restricts camping on public property 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Boise, which says such an enforcement violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Homeless camping proposal on Mercer Island stirs debate 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Supporters of the initiative say that would reinforce bedrock state constitutional guarantees against excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, due process, gun rights and more. Democrats advance civil rights legislation in New Mexico 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Fillion argued in legal papers that his continued imprisonment, in light of the way second-degree robbery is now treated, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and violates the constitutional right to equal protection. Washington Supreme Court conveys approval to resentence three-strikes prisoner, but declines wider review 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Justice Breyer wrote in that 46-page dissent that he considered it “highly likely that the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment,” which bars cruel and unusual punishments. ‘Expedited Spree of Executions’ Faced Little Supreme Court Scrutiny 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z The court also ordered new sentences for his associates, ruling that their 30-year terms qualified as "cruel and unusual punishment." Attorney for Blackwater murder victim: Trump's pardons "a slap in the face" to U.S. justice 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But a federal judge said denying the procedure in Edmo’s case amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, and the U.S. Pandemic, politics and protests make Idaho’s top 2020 news 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Longstanding complaints over violence, dilapidated buildings and inadequate care in Alabama’s prisons resulted in a Justice Department lawsuit claiming men’s lockups are so bad they violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Pandemic deaths and economic fallout are top Alabama story 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z “Our constitution does not allow for cruel and unusual punishment,” Aquilina said. Court: Nassar won’t be resentenced despite judge’s remarks 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z To not do so would be cruel and unusual punishment. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Constitution, which in its familiar phrase forbids “cruel and unusual punishment.” Editorial Roundup: Nebraska 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Corrections said it disagrees with allegations made by the Trump administration, which claimed that conditions are so poor in men’s prisons that they violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama prisons agency says federal suit ignores progress 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges that conditions in the prison system - considered one of the most understaffed and violent in the country - are so poor that they violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Department sues Alabama over prison conditions 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges that conditions in the prison system — considered one of the most understaffed and violent in the country — are so poor that they violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Department sues Alabama over prison conditions 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The women, who alleged the search constituted cruel and unusual punishment, also said they were forced to remove tampons and bled on themselves while they waited for others to be searched. The way prisoners flag guard abuse, inadequate health care and unsanitary conditions is broken 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z A Missouri appeals court rejected an argument by a convicted cop killer Tuesday that his mandatory life sentence was cruel and unusual punishment because of his age. Convicted cop killer loses appeal that life sentence is cruel and unusual punishment because of age 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The question for the court was whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment requires judges to determine that juvenile offenders are incorrigible before sentencing them to die in prison. Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The Fifth Circuit ruled that the conditions violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Amy Coney Barrett Hears Her First Supreme Court Argument 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Alabama said mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Gunman in Tacoma mass shooting could one day be released 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Considering Florida’s climate, captivity in close quarters in buildings designed more for security than for ventilation is cruel and unusual punishment. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The court cited the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. San Quentin Ordered to Reduce Prison Population by Half Over Virus Fears 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Under consideration was whether the state Department of Correction violated Edmo’s constitutional rights shielding her from cruel and unusual punishment. Court declines Idaho bid to overturn transgender inmate case 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Lawyers for the juvenile inmates in the Arizona cases decided Friday argued that their clients received de facto life sentences violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Court upholds sentences for juveniles beyond life expectancy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Cases that seek to outlaw capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishments" will also cease to be successful. 3 ways a 6-3 Supreme Court would be different 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Those incidents, and others equally bloodcurdling, are described in a new Justice Department report that concludes Alabama’s prisons systematically flout the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Opinion | Alabama’s 13 state prisons are grotesque chambers of horrors 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health America and the Treatment Advocacy Center said executing mentally ailing people like Purkey “constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and does not comport with ‘evolving standards of decency.’” Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution — for now 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in 1972, arguing that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment.” Government Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z They had argued that lethal injection is unconstitutional, saying it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Trump administration carries out first federal execution since 2003 after late-night Supreme Court intervention 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The federal court oversees health care at California state prisons owing to a 2005 ruling that the prison healthcare delivery system violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Just before a massive outbreak, a California prison declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has previously ruled that executing the intellectually disabled violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court won’t hear condemned Tennessee inmate’s case 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Four prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit last month saying that conditions at the prison violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Order to Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Edmo sued, saying that the failure to provide the surgery violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Won’t Block Surgery for Transgender Inmate 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that executing the intellectually disabled violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Florida high court again reverses itself on death penalty 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The refusal amounts to cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the 8th Amendment, the suits claim. Officials mishandled coronavirus outbreaks at Lompoc and Terminal Island prisons, lawsuit claims 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z The shift violates the defendant’s procedural due process protections under the state and federal constitutions and the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment, Marshall said. Lawyers argue Utah’s death penalty is unconstitutional 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The lawsuit argued the jail violated the inmates’ Eighth Amendment right, prohibiting excessive bail, excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment. Judge rules against Weld County in coronavirus jail dispute 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Two cell blocks originally designed to hold 504 inmates are now housing 824 people, according to the lawsuit that says the overcrowding violates the prisoners’ constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Idaho inmates sue, claiming overcrowding at state prison 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “Going back to what we had before would be cruel and unusual punishment.” Opinion | The pre-coronavirus status quo is not good enough 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z “Such failures amount to cruel and unusual punishment because they are exemplary of deliberate indifference.” Judge orders more soap, clean masks for ICE detainees 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at three Florida facilities on Thursday, citing “cruel and unusual punishment,” a report said. Federal judge orders the release of ICE detainees from Florida facilities: report 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Cooper, 39, also argued that his lengthy sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Career criminal loses appeal on drug, weapons charges 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The department has pledged to investigate Mississippi’s notoriously violent state prisons and found last year that Alabama’s prisons were so dysfunctional, unsafe and gruesome that they also violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Inmates at N.J. Women’s Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Nash did not seek to overturn his conviction, but argued that the sentence was so grossly disproportionate that it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Mississippi court won’t undo 12-year sentence for jail phone 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z And 27 inmates in Virginia prisons filed a federal lawsuit against Northam and other officials alleging potential exposure to the coronavirus amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Another grave milestone: More than 10,600 cases in D.C., Maryland and Virginia 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Lawyers for Robert Bowers argued that capital punishment violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Judge: Death penalty on table for synagogue massacre suspect 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Conditions at Oakdale - where inmates sleep in dorm-style barracks and share showers and communal bars of soap - run afoul of the prisoners’ Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual punishment, the lawsuit says. ACLU seeks release of federal prison inmates where 5 died 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Assault and coercion were so prevalent that the Justice Department concluded that the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the prison had violated the inmates’ constitutional protections from cruel and unusual punishment. Inmates at N.J. Women’s Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Booth, alleges that the jail violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment” and the Fifth Amendment prohibition of holding pretrial detainees in conditions which amount to punishment. D.C. mayor issues order telling Washingtonians to stay home, following directives in Maryland and Virginia 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Court rulings that stopped Madison’s 2016 scheduled execution, saying that executing a man unable to recall his crime would be cruel and unusual punishment, were ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court. Alabama inmate spared by dementia argument dies on death row 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “Ohio is not going to execute someone under my watch when a federal judge has found it to be cruel and unusual punishment,” Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said last year. Afraid of Lethal Injection, Inmates Are Choosing the Electric Chair 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Inmates’ attorneys have argued that both lethal injection and electrocution are forms of punishment that violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Ultimate choice: Tennessee inmates wrestle with how to die 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, joined by eight others, said Monday the three-judge panel’s conclusion that any alternative course of treatment would be “cruel and unusual punishment” is “as unjustified as it is unprecedented.” Appeals court won’t reconsider inmate’s gender surgery case 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Constitution mentions it, alongside the better-known prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments. ACLU, others in Tennessee challenge bail bond rule 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. Attorneys: Fatal arson suspect shouldn’t face death penalty 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Nash, now 39, didn’t seek to overturn his conviction, but argued on his first appeal that his August 2018 sentence was grossly disproportionate, violating the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. New appeal filed in 12-year sentence for cellphone in jail 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Nash, now 39, didn’t seek to overturn his conviction, but argued on his first appeal that his August 2018 sentence was grossly disproportionate, violating the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. New appeal filed in 12-year sentence for cellphone in jail 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Generally, a finding of cruel and unusual punishment requires that a court find doctors acted with deliberate indifference to the inmate’s serious medical needs. Appeals court won’t reconsider inmate’s gender surgery case 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The suit contests that McKinney is entitled to immediate release and that his continued imprisonment constitutes unreasonable seizure, deprives him of due process, and qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. ACLU sues over continued imprisonment of paroled inmate 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Nash, now 39, didn’t seek to overturn his conviction, but argued on appeal that his August 2018 sentence was grossly disproportionate, violating the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Mississippi upholds 12-year sentence for cellphone in jail 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The number of tents in the park grew in recent weeks after a Denver County judge ruled that the city’s urban camping ban amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Denver park where homeless camp closed because of rats 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z "Talk about cruel and unusual punishment for my fellow citizens," Gowdy said on "Your World" Tuesday. Trey Gowdy on possible six-week Senate impeachment trial: 'Talk about cruel and unusual punishment' 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Torres argued in the appeal that the referendum process to reinstate Nebraska’s capital punishment and his death sentence amounted to violations of his constitutional due process rights and against cruel and unusual punishment. Nebraska Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeal 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The judge determined that the ban enacted in 2012 constitutes cruel and unusual punishment against the homeless. Denver appealing court ruling against urban camping ban 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Lawyers for Robert Bowers argued in court papers filed this week that capital punishment violates the fifth amendment’s due process clause and the eighth amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Pittsburgh synagogue attack: suspect's lawyers fight potential death penalty 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Lawyers for Robert Bowers argued in court papers filed this week that capital punishment violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z In court papers this week, lawyers for Robert Bowers argued that capital punishment violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eight Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act’s protections for people suffering from opioid addiction. Suit challenges prison system’s opioid treatment limits 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals that found L.A.’s sweeps of encampments on skid row were cruel and unusual punishment. Newsletter: Supreme Court declines to hear Boise case, in victory for homeless advocates 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The case was brought by six people in Boise, Idaho, who said a pair of local laws violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Won’t Revive Law Barring Homeless People From Sleeping Outdoors 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The decision the justices refused to review found that the Boise ordinance violated the constitutional ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.” Supreme Court won’t review homeless camping ban in Idaho 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The charges contend that Earvin’s constitutional protection from cruel and unusual punishment was violated. Illinois prison guards face federal charges in inmate death 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z They argue that their inability to legally change their names is a cruel and unusual punishment. Transgender women fight law blocking inmates’ name change 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The 9th Circuit held that enforcing criminal laws against homeless people for living on the street was cruel and unusual punishment if a city couldn’t offer enough shelters as an alternative. Is sleeping on the sidewalk a constitutionally protected right? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Denying the surgery would constitute cruel and unusual punishment, the court ruling said. AG: Transgender inmate ruling could change prison policy 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Court officials say denying the surgery would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Transgender inmate ruling could change Nevada prison policy 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The lawsuit states that Maryland’s process of juvenile lifer parole denied “meaningful opportunity for release,” therefore violating constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Hogan issues first paroles for juvenile lifers in decades 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z At one point — in Attica Correctional Facility — he filed papers challenging his long stint in solitary confinement, claiming it was “cruel and unusual punishment.” Falsely Imprisoned for 23 Years: Now He’s Received $7 Million 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Supreme Court found in 2011 that unsafe and unsanitary conditions had caused “needless suffering and death,” a breach of the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. California's tough-on-crime past haunts Kamala Harris 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive fines and “cruel and unusual punishment.” Court sidesteps issue on juvenile sex offenders 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The amendment protects citizens from excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment. Nevada camping ban not the answer to homeless 'crisis,' experts say 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Alabama, the court ruled that automatic life sentences for juvenile offenders violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Hears Case of Lee Malvo, Sniper Who Terrorized D.C. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s precedents, he said, were founded on the notion that mandatory life without parole for juvenile offenders violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court seems divided over whether Beltway Sniper deserves resentencing 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Looney claimed her sentence was excessive and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Louisiana high court upholds sentence in mom’s bedsore death 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The suit alleges that the jail violated Johnson’s constitutional rights to equal protection and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Lawsuit: Guards didn’t stop suicide of inmate held too long 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z There is also the cruel and unusual punishment of children on the border, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. Former George W. Bush lawyer Richard Painter: Trump is "a lot worse than Nixon" 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Valerie Arismendez, 26, who served time in the Century Regional Detention Facility, says in the lawsuit that deputies were negligent, intentionally caused emotional distress and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on her. Lynwood inmate says deputies didn't treat her scabies, then sprayed her cell with insecticide 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The lawyers argue that failing to provide the medication discriminates against prisoners and violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Woman argues prison must give her Suboxone to fight opioid addiction 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, as well as federal statutes. ACLU: Kansas inmate could die without opioid-addiction meds 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Constitution – which protects Americans from cruel and unusual punishments – the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. Female inmate beaten 'within an inch of death' by Florida prison guards: lawsuit 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z They re-argue that the disenfranchisement provision violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and that the “standardless” process for restoring voting rights is unfair. Appeals steam ahead after judge partly rejects voting suit 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z In its ruling, the court cited the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Idaho governor balks after 9th Circuit puts state on hook for convict's gender surgery 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that executing people with intellectual disabilities is unconstitutional because it is cruel and unusual punishment. Lawyers say man facing execution is intellectually disabled 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The Legal Aid Justice Center argued that the law targets homeless alcoholics and violates the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Virginia won’t appeal ruling tossing ‘habitual drunkard’ law 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Breyer wrote that “it is highly likely that the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment,” which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Bill Barr brings back federal death penalty after 16 years, orders five executions 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The lawsuit says the conditions violated the inmates’ Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Judge dismisses Oregon prisoners’ lawsuit over spoiled food 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z While we’re at it, let’s not make light of cruel and unusual punishment in the funny pages. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Two ways in which Fourth of July coverage was lacking 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Abu-Jamal says his initial denial of treatment with two anti-virial drugs violated his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Ruling keeps alive Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit over hepatitis drugs 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Legal Aid Justice Center argues that the law targets homeless alcoholics and violates the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Court reinstates challenge to ‘habitual drunkard’ law 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Does this constitute cruel and unusual punishment under U.S. or international law? Inside Trump's concentration camps: Attorney Hope Frye saw "cruel," "inhumane," "sadistic" treatment 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals that found L.A.’s sweeps of homeless encampments on skid row were cruel and unusual punishment. He took on same-sex marriage. Now he wants to restore the right to clear homeless camps 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z He called the sentence a "cruel and unusual punishment". US father gets life for adopted India child death 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment in seven different categories. Analysis: Views starkly differ on Mississippi prison’s state 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Lawyers for both men argued in court filings that the death penalty is an unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. Slain man’s brother frustrated by 23-year wait for justice 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “Today’s sentencing demonstrates the commitment of the Civil Rights Division to vigorously prosecute those who inflict cruel and unusual punishment against inmates under their care.” 5 years for ex-guard who used pepper spray in inmates’ eyes 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z He also rejected Guzman’s argument that his confinement amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. judge rejects 'El Chapo' request for better jail conditions 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z She said Guzman’s lack of outdoor exercise violated the prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. 'El Chapo' lawyer dismisses U.S. officials' escape fears 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals ruled that their mandatory 30-year sentence was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Trump weighs pardons for servicemembers accused of war crimes, as families await decision 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Former state Sen. Randy Schoonover says deputies used excessive force, subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment, and never told him why he was approached or what he was charged with. One-armed man sues over being handcuffed wrist-to-ankle 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Gorsuch said the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment “does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death.” Death penalty tensions flare again on divided U.S. Supreme Court 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z In 1993, lawyers representing some inmates sued the county over conditions they said amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. California Editorial Rdp 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z It added that the state also violated the prisoners’ constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment and their rights to due process of law. Virginia's use of solitary confinement in prisons challenged in court 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z “I’m wondering if he understands that the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.” William Barr’s Secret Passion: The Bagpipes 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The Constitution protects against cruel and unusual punishment. Judge sides with female inmates who filed lawsuit over sleep deprivation 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z We often ask ourselves when we hear of these criminals pleading for their lives: What about the cruel and unusual punishment that their victims went through? Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In one instance, a criminal case alleging cruel and unusual punishment was filed against several employees after a naked inmate suspected of secreting narcotics was tethered to a wall for a long period of time. Sheriff’s Department killing more misconduct investigations under Villanueva, report finds 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Dylan Landers said in his October 2017 lawsuit that the segregation amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Judge dismisses lawsuit over long solitary confinement 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z A very different Supreme Court declared executions unconstitutional in 1972, saying the arbitrary use of capital punishment constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. Democrats Rethink the Death Penalty, and Its Politics 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment explicitly prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments.” Opinion | ‘Cruel and unusual’ by any standard 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In a 5-4 vote, the majority said the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment does not mean that executions must be painless. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The prison then took him off the special diet, prompting him to expand his original complaint and claim cruel and unusual punishment. Court peels away layers of inmate’s onion allergy claim 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He said this would violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court, Gorsuch rule Missouri inmate with disease has no right to ‘painless death,’ can be executed 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z He added that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment bars only needless pain. Rancor and Raw Emotion Surface in Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Bucklew, 50, argued the state's preferred method amounts to legally banned "cruel and unusual punishment". US inmate has 'no right to painless death' 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He showed his victim very cruel and unusual punishment, and if he receives it he is most certainly deserving of it. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Breyer also argued that the majority was wrong to look back to the country’s founding to decide what is cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court says the Constitution does not ensure a ‘painless’ execution 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He claimed he could choke on his own blood, causing a painful death that would violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court rules Missouri man can be executed despite medical condition 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Bucklew said that would violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The 1980 case concerned the right to medical care and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment — not a prison labor program and equal protection, as in the case of Alexander. Labor law doesn’t apply if you’re in prison 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z It was cruel and unusual punishment committed against them by these criminals. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “Under established precedent, it can be cruel and unusual punishment to deny essential medical care to an inmate,” wrote Ho, an appointee of President Donald Trump. Prisoners not entitled to gender reassignment surgery: U.S. appeals... 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that a life sentence without parole for juveniles was cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court hears arguments for parole in 1995 slaying 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The Kansas law, they wrote, violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of due process. Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Lee Malvo, the D.C. Sniper 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z At issue is a 2012 high court ruling that held the sentencing of juvenile homicide offenders to life in prison without parole violated the 8th Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court to review life sentence of D.C. sniper 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Those also suffering cruel and unusual punishment as a result of these convicted murderers are the victims’ families. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Ms. DiPierro’s lawsuit alleges that in prohibiting medication for a diagnosed condition, the Bureau of Prisons is violating the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Methadone Helped Her Quit Heroin. Now She’s Suing U.S. Prisons to Allow the Treatment. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z In 2015, a federal district court judge ruled that an excessive delay in Jones' execution violated the Eighth Amendment barring cruel and unusual punishment, declaring California’s death penalty unconstitutional. Kamala Harris, who defended death penalty as California AG, now cheers Newsom's decision to end it 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The family’s lawsuit alleges that Mr. Hill died because of a pattern of abuse at the center, where jailers “routinely used excessive force, barbaric measures, and cruel and unusual punishment.” Mississippi Man’s Family Seeks Answers About His Beating Death in Jail 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The court previously has ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment means those who suffer from pervasive delusions associated with schizophrenia and psychosis may not be put to death. Supreme Court says inmate cannot be executed if dementia means he cannot understand punishment 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The US constitution’s eighth amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, prohibits capital punishment for those who cannot understand why they will be put to death, the justices ruled. Supreme court backs murderer with dementia in death penalty case 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The justices have previously said the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment means that people who are insane, delusional or psychotic cannot be executed. Supreme Court rules for Alabama death row inmate 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Hedges never met his client, but he argued that Gamble’s treatment was unconstitutional, because of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. The Jail Health-Care Crisis 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “Instead of simply punishing this type of behavior with non-physical, non-forceful disciplinary measures, Madison County jailers routinely used excessive force, barbaric measures and cruel and unusual punishment against prisoners similar to Harvey Hill,” it said. Mississippi man died after beating by sheriff's officers, lawsuit says 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Carlisle’s civil rights were violated under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. APNewsBreak: Settlement brings reforms to Oregon county jail 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Huot said a sentence of 50 years or more would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Canadian judge sentences man who killed 6 at mosque 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The inmates accused prison officials of violating their 8th Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment. US appeals court tosses prisoner suits over airborne fungus 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The indictment follows a Justice Department report that concluded the jail’s treatment of inmates amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Ex-jail guard accused of assaulting, choking inmate 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The Advocate reports an attorney for Joleslie Looney says the maximum allowed for manslaughter is cruel and unusual punishment and not justified. Appeals court asked to review penalty in bedsore death 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled Sethy Tony Seam’s new sentence for felony murder when he was 16 years old falls in line with U.S. constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishments. Juvenile killer’s life term stands after parole chance added 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Additionally, his attorneys asked the court to stay the execution and consider whether Florida's lethal injection protocol constitutes cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Florida man set to be executed for woman's 1992 killing 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Additionally, his attorneys aske the court to stay the execution and consider whether Florida’s lethal injection protocol is cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Florida man awaits execution in stabbing of elderly woman 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Additionally, his attorneys filed a motion asking the court to issue a stay of execution and consider whether Florida’s lethal injection protocol is cruel and unusual punishment and violates the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Man convicted of slaying 26 years ago set for execution 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The US constitution bans cruel and unusual punishments. US inmate chooses electric chair death 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Constitution that protects against cruel and unusual punishment. Texas ready to execute member of 'Texas 7' for policeman's murder 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The 8th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments,” also says “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.” Constitution prohibits ‘excessive fines,’ but does it apply in all states? Supreme Court considers 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” He sold drugs and the police seized his car. Does the Constitution provide protection? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning whether this violated the Eighth Amendment, which says: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed , nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Opinion | Civil forfeiture makes law enforcement lawless. The Supreme Court could change that. 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z She said afterward that her husband experienced "cruel and unusual punishment" but Berget's lethal injection was "peaceful" and "sterile." Inmate's last words: 'Is it supposed to feel like that?' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Daniel Davis, 41, of Loranger, on Thursday of willfully depriving the Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Former guard at Louisiana prison convicted in inmate beating 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Department of Justice says a federal jury convicted 41-year-old Major Daniel Davis, of Loranger, on Thursday of willfully depriving the Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Former guard at Louisiana prison convicted in inmate beating 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The lawsuit specifically alleges cruel and unusual punishment, conspiracy, illegal cross-gender strip searches and body-cavity searches, infliction of emotional distress, and failure to properly train, monitor and discipline DOC staffers. Lawsuit alleges inmate abuse before and after deadly riot 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the electric chair violates the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Electric chair builder worried Tennessee execution will fail 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Border Patrol agent accused of killing four women in Texas is asking a judge to reduce his client’s bond, claiming that conditions in jail amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Border agent arrested in deaths of 4 women wants lower bond 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Additionally, a lawsuit is pending in Wake County Superior Court where several prisoners claim lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment, Engel said. District attorney pursues death penalty despite odds 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Zagorski had asked to be executed by electrocution because he said the three-drug cocktail the state used constituted cruel and unusual punishment and violated his constitutional rights. Washington state Supreme Court strikes down death penalty 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Zagorski joins 31 death row inmates in Tennessee suing the state over its three-drug method of execution, claiming it violates the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Tennessee inmate asks to be executed by electric chair to avoid ‘torture’ of lethal injection death 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The 8th Amendment prohibits governments from imposing cruel and unusual punishments. Attorney: Take death penalty off table in N. Idaho case 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z He is now unable to remember committing the crime, and his lawyers say that executing Madison would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Science and the Supreme Court: Cases to watch in 2018 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z They demanded an end to what they described as cruel and unusual punishment, according to a letter they submitted to community groups and lawyers from whom they were seeking support. Inspectors Find Nooses in Cells at Immigration Detention Facility 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Referencing the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, she told the court that it should rule for the plaintiffs “if the 8th Amendment means anything.” The Latest: Tennessee inmates challenge execution method 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The high court has previously said the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment means that people who are insane, delusional or psychotic cannot be executed. Supreme Court could limit execution of people with dementia 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that overcrowding in the state’s prison system amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. In commuting 20 murder convicts’ sentences, California governor draws praise, condemnation 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The appeals court said the length of their sentences violated the constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Case Against Former Blackwater Contractor Ends in Mistrial 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Circuit that vacated Slatten’s conviction last year also set aside the 30-year terms handed to the defendants in 2014 , saying the sentences violated a constitutional prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Mistrial declared in U.S. murder case of Blackwater security guard charged in 2007 Iraqi civilian massacre 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Prosecuting homeless people for sleeping on public property when they have no access to shelter violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday. Cities may not prosecute homeless people for sleeping outside if they have no access to shelter, appeals court rules 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Panel of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges rules that prosecuting people for sleeping on the streets amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and is barred by the U.S. Prosecuting people for sleeping on streets is unconstitutional, federal court says 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment bars cities from prosecuting the homeless for sleeping outside on public property when they cannot obtain shelter, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Prosecuting homeless for sleeping outside may violate U.S.... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Do they have Eighth Amendment protections against “cruel and unusual punishment”? In Goss v. Is Education a Fundamental Right? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z In addition, the Supreme Court should hold that the Eighth Amendment’s clause banning “cruel and unusual punishments” forbids public educators from striking students. Opinion | Do Public School Students Have Constitutional Rights? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment proscribes “cruel and unusual punishments.” Opinion | Judge Kavanaugh, here are my closing questions 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment, the court found. Prosecuting people for sleeping on streets is unconstitutional, federal court says 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The ruling doesn’t prevent individual inmates from suing the state for failing to provide the meaningful opportunity required under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Maryland’s highest court upholds juvenile life sentences 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z It was a reference to the prohibition in the Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment. Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The same can be asked of Americans, whose Constitution so clearly prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The lawsuit filed Thursday says the department is violating 30-year-old Zachary Smith’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and their actions amount to cruel and unusual punishment. ACLU sues corrections department over addiction treatment 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z They cite her statements, including that she might let people do to Nassar what he did to the girls if the Constitution didn’t prohibit cruel and unusual punishment. Nassar seeks re-sentencing by new judge in sex assault case 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that those sentences for juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Woman sentenced to life as a juvenile released from prison 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The constitutional argument over treatment revolves around the Eighth Amendment prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishments.” State prisons fail to offer cure to 144,000 inmates with deadly Hepatitis C 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “It just seems cruel and unusual punishment for these guys,” said McEnroe. Calls for tiebreaks to end absurd fifth-set contests grow louder 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Or Arizona Senate candidate and former sheriff Joe Arpaio , known for extreme ethnic profiling, terrorist raids, and cruel and unusual punishment. Opinion | Will the GOP become the party of white backlash? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Supreme Court decisions that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles violated the Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and that this rule applied retroactively. Appeals court calls DC sniper's life sentences illegal 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z To claim this cruel and unusual punishment is meant as a “deterrent” to families fleeing persecution and economic injustice is horrific. Immigrant children: ‘Shameful chapter’ 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Kentucky high court: Death penalty IQ law unconstitutional 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Julie Eldred, the justices, presiding over the state’s highest court, are wrestling with whether this condition of her probation amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for an offender with a substance use disorder. She Went to Jail for a Drug Relapse. Tough Love or Too Harsh? 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z District Judge Michael Mihm that the lack of treatment for 12,000 mentally ill inmates is unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment.” The Latest: Prison officials might appeal US judge’s order 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has ruled that executing a person with serious intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Expert: Man set for trial in killing of Muslim teen may be too impaired to face death penalty 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “The total denial of exercise for an extended period of time would constitute cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment,” Judge Bacharach acknowledged, quoting an earlier opinion. Will the Supreme Court Scrutinize Solitary Confinement? One Justice Offers a Map 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Supreme Court later declared such mandatory sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual punishment. Justices: No life-without-parole presumption for juveniles 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The court ruled Thursday that the sentence does not violate Kinkel’s constitutional protection from cruel and unusual punishment, even though the law shields minors in many cases from life sentences. Oregon school shooter loses life-sentence appeal 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Constitution prohibiting “cruel and unusual punishment” as well the Nevada constitution, which outlaws “either” cruel or unusual punishment. Nevada court considers allowing first execution since 2006 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z In 1972, the Supreme Court suspended the death penalty on the grounds that it was a cruel and unusual punishment but within months some states were rewriting statutes to reinstate it. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that life sentences for juvenile offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Michigan inmate sentenced as juvenile gets 30-60 years 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In July, Saunders-Velez filed a handwritten complaint arguing her right to protection against cruel and unusual punishment was violated. Transgender inmate says she was raped amid her lawsuit against prison 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z He says that would violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Russell Bucklew wins stay in Missouri execution from Supreme Court 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Bucklew argues that subjecting him to lethal injection would violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Missouri death row inmate 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z They cited the Eighth Amendment, which forbids "cruel and unusual punishments" and demanded a retrial, but in vain. Top US court backs 241-year jail sentence 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Bostic’s lawyers argued that the prison term violated the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court rejects Missouri man with 241-year prison term 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z You could also say every Capitals fan in attendance has been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment from the postseason sports perspective. Analysis | ‘High five for Washington’: Capitals capture Game 5 in overtime, lead Blue Jackets 3-2 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court is set to review the claims by Madison’s defense team that executing someone in his condition would violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges the department subjected the teens, 13 to 19, to cruel and unusual punishment and failed to protect them from violence. Judge stops teen’s return to juvenile facility amid lawsuit 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The lawsuit alleges the department subjected the teens, 13 to 19, to cruel and unusual punishment and failed to protect them from violence. Judge stops teen’s return to juvenile facility amid lawsuit 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Hamm believes Alabama lost its chance to kill him: His lawyer argues a second execution attempt would violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment. Can Alabama try to kill the same man twice? 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Locking people down forever in a dank cell with a toilet is beyond cruel and unusual punishment. Venezuela, Accustomed to Tragedy, Is Shaken Again by Horrific Jail Fire 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z “What happened to my dad was cruel and unusual punishment,” said Schulte’s son, Michael. Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1791, bans "cruel and unusual punishment". The teenager sentenced to 241 years in prison 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z “The penalty for doing so in his world,” Tyson says, “was the most vicious form of cruel and unusual punishment.” Was Giordano Bruno Burned at the Stake for Believing in Exoplanets? 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Broom’s lawyers fought against a second execution date, arguing it would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy. Can Alabama try to kill the same man twice? 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by denying most infected prisoners access to the new drugs. More Prison Inmates Get Access to Hepatitis-C Drugs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Or is that cruel and unusual punishment for your own people? E.U. Pledges to Fight Back on Trump Tariffs as Trade War Looms 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z As long as the prison system is profit driven, cruel and unusual punishments will befall non-violent offenders. Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Alabama, a 2012 federal ruling that deemed automatic life terms for juveniles a cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional. Nebraska man resentenced in mother’s shooting death 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment bar against cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court takes case of death row inmate who forgot the crime 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The court majority said the sentences constituted cruel and unusual punishment by depriving the inmates of a chance of parole until their senior years. California's top court strikes down 50-year sentences for juveniles 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Liu said such sentences violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. California court rules juveniles’ sentences unconstitutional 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z That's known as cruel and unusual punishment, and the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z In a 4-3 decision on Monday, the court said that such sentences violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. California court rules juveniles’ sentences unconstitutional 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment bar against cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court takes case of death row inmate who forgot the crime 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The class action, filed Tuesday, asks the court to rule that prison officials are subjecting inmates at David Wade Correctional Center in Homer to unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment.” Lawsuit: Louisiana prison brutally punishes suicidal inmates 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Lauren-Brooke Eisen, author of the report, told the Times that to be deprived of liberty and then be required to pay for the separation from society “raises cruel and unusual punishment issues.” Michigan prisoner turned celebrated author faces bill for his incarceration 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Supreme Court precedent about cruel and unusual punishment. State replies to appeal by Tennessee teen with life sentence 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z The five inmates’ lawsuit is seeking class-action status as well as a declaration that solitary confinement is inhumane, degrading and violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, and violates the guarantee of due process. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z It alleges cruel and unusual punishment for delays or denials of treatment and that the department “systematically fails to provide necessary medical treatment” such as hormone therapy for gender dysphoria. 6 transgender inmates sue Illinois Corrections Department 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Misconduct in office is a common law offense, which means the court is free to impose any penalty that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Baltimore Police officer who turned off body camera charged with tampering with evidence 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z They argued the court should delay the planned injection to review whether executing someone in such a mental condition violates evolving standards of decency and a ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama seeks approval for execution of 67-year-old inmate 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It violated inmates’ right to due process and an amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment, the attorneys said. Dozens of Arizona death-row inmates no longer in solitary 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Supreme Court that life without parole for juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment. Judge reduces sentence for man convicted of murder as teen 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z District Judge Esther Salas said Monday that 33-year-old Farad Roland’s intellectual disability made him ineligible for capital punishment under the constitutional ban on “cruel and unusual punishment” and the Federal Death Penalty Act. Judge bars death penalty in Newark gang slayings 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Some feel that profiting from other people’s incarceration is inherently immoral, or that it violates constitutional protections against involuntary servitude and cruel and unusual punishment. The problem with prisons in America 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Oklahoma driver’s license law upheld in federal court 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z He does not believe that his films inflict cruel and unusual punishment on their viewers. Michael Haneke assesses his oeuvre 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z In the United States, however, it is a legal requirement that executions do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment”. Untried and unethical: why Nevada's new lethal injection crosses a line 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Strode called conditions at the jail “unconstitutional and inhumane,” violating constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment. Lawsuit cites “inhumane” conditions in St. Louis jail 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The main reason is because deportation was long ago classified as civil, not criminal, and the constitutional shield against cruel and unusual punishment only applies to criminal penalties. Deporting Dreamers is as cruel and unusual as it gets 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Supreme Court has ruled that the potential for errors during an execution does not violate the cruel and unusual punishment standard. The prisoner wants to die, but debate rages in Nevada over whether to use a new lethal drug 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “You can equate it to cruel and unusual punishment,” Mooney said. Waiting in a line to check in to a place you don’t want to be 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The court should acknowledge that capital punishment — in Arizona and everywhere else — violates human dignity and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Opinion | The Supreme Court should strike down the death penalty 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Campbell says he’s so ill that lethal injection would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Court rejects arguments raised by ill Ohio death row inmate 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z They are also protected from having to take the witness stand themselves, from cruel and unusual punishment, and from being prosecuted for the same crime twice. Editorials from around Ohio 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Eldred, 29, now claims the order to remain drug-free was unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, because her drug use was a symptom of her addiction. Addiction Shouldn’t Excuse Criminal Acts 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z District Court judge ruled that the registry law violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that barred life without parole sentences for juveniles as cruel and unusual punishment. Michigan man with juvenile life sentence gets reduced term 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Ruckman Jr., who writes the Pardon Power blog , said it would be “cruel and unusual punishment’’ for Trump to suggest a pardon for Arpaio and not deliver. Pardon for Arpaio would be rare but not unprecedented act 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Lawyers for death row inmates argue that this violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Arkansas gets new batch of lethal injection drug, seeks execution date 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s well established that severe overcrowding violates the US Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. Why Nebraska prisons cause heart attacks, blindness and mental illness | David Sathi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z We fail to see how that equates to cruel and unusual punishment. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The prisoners who sued weren’t seeking money damages and instead asked for a court order declaring that Arizona’s prisons violated inmates’ Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. Arizona dogged by suit over quality of health care in prison 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled such mandatory sentences amount to cruel and unusual punishment. After life without parole: 2 held for decades savor freedom 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Lawyers for death row inmates argue that this violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Arkansas gets new batch of lethal injection drug, seeks execution date 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Robert Cameron Houston took his appeal alleging his sentence was “cruel and unusual punishment” all the way to the U.S. 2 Utah men still have life without parole for teen crimes 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Florida Department of Corrections policy violates the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment and guarantee of due process, according to the lawsuit. 5 Things to Know in Florida for July 21 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Attorneys for six inmates who filed suit seeking emergency relief argued the intense heat violated their constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment. Judge orders Texas to lower temperature in sweltering prison 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z District Court Judge Myron Thompson’s ruling took more than 300 pages, but his point was concise: Mental health care is “horrendously inadequate” to the point it violates constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama editorial roundup 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The dissenting opinion, by Judge Karen Nelson Moore, said the court made the wrong decision about whether the inmates deserved a trial on their claim that the injection process is a cruel and unusual punishment. Appeals court ruling opens door to Ohio resuming executions 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The lawsuit argues that pepper spraying inmates and putting them in segregation units amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Federal judge to rule in Wisconsin youth prison case 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, where a defense attorney argued that subjecting a prisoner to multiple execution attempts constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Differences, in black and white: Rural Americans’ views often set apart by race 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A judge found that hanging Rupe - hanging was then the state’s only means of executions - could result in him being decapitated, which amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. A Washington lawyer for the toughest case 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Lawyers said its use violated protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama to execute inmate despite protests over lethal injection drug 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z They said its use violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama to execute man who killed three in fast food restaurant robbery 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z This is why, in addition to its inhumane elements, it is banned in all Western nations, including the U.S., whose Eighth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments.” We've Known for 400 Years That Torture Doesn't Work 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Georgia that the "freakish," "arbitrary" and "capricious" way in which capital punishment was imposed violated the Eighth Amendment's "cruel and unusual punishment" clause. The Story of the Last U.S. Execution Before a Nationwide Moratorium Took Effect 50 Years Ago 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that automatic life sentences for juveniles amount to cruel and unusual punishment and are therefore unconstitutional. If we get other things right, jail should be the ultimate last resort 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Arthur’s attorneys filed court papers Wednesday with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, calling the lethal injection procedure cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama executes man on eighth attempt during 35-year legal battle 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Supreme Court stayed Arthur's last scheduled execution to consider his argument that Alabama's lethal injection procedures amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama murderer seeks to avoid execution for eighth time 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z His attorneys argued his sentence was unconstitutional because of his age at the time, and life without parole violated Halda’s 8th Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. Man won’t get new sentence in death of Manitowoc officer 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z That would violate the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment enshrined in the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. J.W. Ledford executed in Georgia; first execution of the year there 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. Appeal denied for woman convicted in parent’s deaths 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Arkansas’ conduct of four executions in barely more than a week provided fodder for specific assertions that the lethal injection process amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, something the U.S. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “While most Americans do not consider lethal injection to constitute cruel and unusual punishment, most believe that all of the other execution methods are,” Mr. Dunham said. Arkansas executions halted due to lack of drugs 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, but has faulted the way some states handle capital punishment. Liberal U.S. justices lean toward death row inmate in mental health dispute 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Republicans and Democrats spoke for a resolution that calls Rene Lima-Marin’s continued incarceration and separation from his family “cruel and unusual punishment.” Colorado House: Clemency for inmate released 90 years early 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Lawyers for the eight condemned men warn that the crunch of so many executions in such quick succession will run roughshod over constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Mentally ill man set to die in Arkansas 'conveyor belt' executions 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Letters to the Editor: Truly cruel and unusual punishment? Opinion | Arkansas’s state-sponsored killing spree 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “Solitary confinement and these isolation conditions are cruel and unusual punishment,” Mr. Trenticosta said. 3 Men on Death Row in Louisiana Sue Over Solitary Confinement 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But in 2002, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment” to execute defendants who were intellectually disabled. Supreme Court blocks death sentence for Texas inmate, citing mental disability 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Virginia, which barred the execution of the intellectually disabled as a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Texas Used Wrong Standard in Death Penalty Cases, Justices Rule 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z He later recanted and opted for a consistent approach to the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and unusual punishment” clause: If flogging was okay in 1791, it is okay today. Opinion | Is Gorsuch an originalist? Not so fast. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Supreme Court turned away Broom’s arguments that a second attempt would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy. Prosecutor asks court to schedule 2nd attempt at execution 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Supreme Court turned away Broom’s arguments a second attempt would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy. Prosecutor asks court to schedule 2nd attempt to execute man 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Supreme Court determined that the overcrowding situation in California amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment.” Alabama editorial roundup 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Supreme Court to determine whether the death penalty represented cruel and unusual punishment, forbidden by the U.S. U.S. top court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s Eighth Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment and specifically refers to protections against excessive bail or fines. Texas whopper: $4 billion bond set for man in murder case 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Man convicted as a teen of murder, resentenced to 25 years 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z “Therefore, a sentence of 25 years to life is not grossly disproportionate to the crime and does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.” Judge ordered to impose longer sentence for sexual assault of 3-year-old 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Without more information about the pharmacy, Gray’s attorneys said, there is a risk that the execution will amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Judge refuses to halt Va. execution over concerns about lethal-injection drugs 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z In a 2015 letter addressing a law in Boise, Idaho, the Justice Department warned that local laws criminalizing homelessness could violate the Constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Rights Battles Emerge in Cities Where Homelessness Can Be a Crime 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In 2000, the three men filed a lawsuit, arguing that twenty-eight years of solitary confinement constituted cruel and unusual punishment. How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The lawsuit argues more than 1,400 prison inmates, most of them elderly and disabled, are suffering “cruel and unusual punishment” by enduring extreme summer heat without air-conditioning. Judge: Texas must give number of heat-related prison deaths 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Last year, Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly found himself in a firestorm when he sentenced Rojano-Nieto to 10 years, stating that the higher sentence would be “cruel and unusual punishment.” Judge ordered to impose longer sentence for sexual assault of 3-year-old 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The trial also will determine whether medical staff violated Lewis’ rights against cruel and unusual punishment by being deliberately indifferent to his medical needs and through the suffering caused by the injections. Inmate forced to take drugs will represent himself at trial 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The ACLU’s Tara Rich says the space doesn’t guarantee protection of inmates’ rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. ACLU questions prisoners’ access to outdoor recreation 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The ultimate termination of the practice rests with the US supreme court, which has the power to rule capital punishment unconstitutional under the eighth amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Death penalty slowly disappearing from the US, end-of-year report suggests 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Alabama that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles were cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional. Ex-prisoner works to free the wrongly convicted in Missouri 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “Given its first failure, does its second attempt amount to a cruel and unusual punishment?” Supreme Court passes on death penalty cases in Ohio and Florida 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The court’s ruling denies death row inmate Romell Broom the opportunity to argue that giving the state prisons agency a second chance to execute him would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Death Row Inmate Who Survived Botched Execution 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the double jeopardy clause, which prevents people from being punished more than once for the same offense. U.S. justices reject Ohio killer's bid to block second execution try 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Frosh rests his assertion on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which states clearly, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” No, Maryland’s cash bail system doesn’t hurt the poor. It’s a great equalizer. 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In June 2015, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the use of the drug was constitutional, after considering whether Oklahoma’s drug protocol involving the sedative violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The Drug Used in Alabama’s Problematic Execution Has a Controversial History 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith also made a broader argument in his petition, saying that the Alabama sentencing system violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Execution of Alabama Inmate 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z For example, the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Constitutionally clueless, Trump requires constant scrutiny 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Executing Sallie would be arbitrary, and thus would amount to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, and would also violate his rights to due process, the petition says. Lawyers: Executing Georgia inmate would be unconstitutional 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Keeping him in prison amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. and Montana constitutions and puts him at risk of manipulation by other inmates, she said. Attorney: Oil patch murderer needs treatment, not prison 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The state judge who heard this and other evidence, relying on current medical standards on intellectual disability, concluded that executing Mr. Moore would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justices Hear Texas Death Penalty Case Involving Intellectual Disability 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z A Canadian police force is threatening festive drink-drivers with a cruel and unusual punishment: forcing them to listen to local band Nickelback. Canada police to punish drink-drivers with Nickelback - BBC News 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Constitutionally clueless, Trump requires constant scrutiny 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Lockett’s estate sued, alleging torture and other violations of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z And, they had the Supreme Court ruling saying mandatory life without parole for teenagers is unconstitutional, cruel and unusual punishment and they should have the hope of someday being released. Man freed in Arkansas after 42 years in prison 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Oklahoma’s drug combination also survived a Supreme Court case brought by death row inmates who said it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The Future of the Death Penalty Will Be Decided in These 3 States 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Arthur's attorneys have challenged the constitutionality of Alabama's lethal injection method of execution on the grounds that it is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. U.S. Chief Justice's 'courtesy' vote blocks Alabama execution 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled executions of people with intellectual disabilities are considered “cruel and unusual punishments.” Trial delayed for man accused of fatal robbery in Illinois 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling says it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute those with intellectual disabilities. Low IQ could mean new sentence for death row inmate 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z He noted that, in United States, “we won the most difficult cases just by referencing the 8th Amendment”, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. How The War on Drugs Fuels Brazil's Deadly Prison Riots 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z For five years now, California has been grappling with a federal court decision that required the state to bring down its prison population, finding that the overcrowded conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. California Today: Jewish Delis Disappear, Bagel by Bagel 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Besides the Equal Protection clause issues raised in the article, the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment would seem to apply. This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The brief argued that laws prohibiting people from sleeping outside even when shelters are full may violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Business Interests Hold Sway on Cities’ Homeless Policies 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Supreme Court determined mandatory no-parole sentences are a cruel and unusual punishment for minors. Man in prison for life in 1995 slaying gets shorter sentence 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Constitution, which among others things prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment. US Supreme Court reverses Oklahoma man's death penalty 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Among other things, the initiative declares that all death penalty statutes are in effect, that the methods of execution can be changed and that "the death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment." Repeal or reform? Death penalty voter decisions for 3 states 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The lawsuit calls the solitary confinement cruel and unusual punishment. Family of inmate who died in solitary confinement sues 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The state judge who heard this evidence, relying on current medical standards on intellectual disability, concluded that executing Mr. Moore would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court to Consider Legal Standard Drawn From ‘Of Mice and Men’ 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Prince William’s high rate of death penalty cases compared with the rest of the nation’s, he said, violates Hamilton’s constitutional rights against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Prince William judge: Death penalty possible for man accused of killing wife, officer 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In U.S. jails, a debate is underway over whether the lack of air-conditioning amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for prisoners. Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But they speak to a broader debate about the threshold for when extreme temperatures become cruel and unusual punishment. In U.S. Jails, a Constitutional Clash Over Air-Conditioning 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Justice Breyer wrote that “it is highly likely” that the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishments, and said there was evidence suggesting that innocent people have been executed. Dylann Roof’s Lawyers Argue Against Death Penalty 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z District Court in South Carolina on Monday that the federal death penalty is "cruel and unusual punishment" and, as a result, violates the U.S. Lawyers of church shooter argue federal death penalty unconstitutional 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Underwood’s attorneys argued that his death sentence would be unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Oklahoma judge rules against man convicted in 2006 slaying 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The two dissenting justices said they would have let Conner appeal on the question of whether his execution more than 34 years after his sentencing amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. The Latest: Georgia high court declines to stop execution 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z NOT having AC is NOT "cruel and unusual punishment!" In U.S. Jails, a Constitutional Clash Over Air-Conditioning 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Waterboarding, along with the rest of the Bush administration’s “enhanced interrogation techniques,” violates the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments, and international law. ACLU Director: We will defend the constitution against a President Trump 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In 2012, the court ruled that mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles violate Eighth Amendment prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. Teen killer’s story inspires push to change Tennessee law 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The right to life is expressed in prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment and unlawful imprisonment. This Fourth, remembering what it means to pursue happiness 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The two sides are locked in a battle over whether super-heated conditions in Texas prisons are unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment and jeopardize inmates’ lives. More than 70% of Texas prisons don’t have air-conditioning 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z But still, doesn’t being without books represent cruel and unusual punishment? Volunteers hope mailed books will help prison inmates turn the page 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z In a federal lawsuit, he argues it violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Prisoner in solitary confinement for 36 years seeks reprieve 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Jackson ruled more than two years ago that Louisiana imposes unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment once the heat index on death row exceeds 88 degrees. Judge to hear testimony on Louisiana death row's heat levels 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z He argued that the noise violated the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Education of a Jailhouse Lawyer 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z His attorneys filed a motion in March asking the judge to reconsider the punishment, saying the sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Prosecutors oppose reconsidering sentence in overdose death 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Tuesday's decision restores claims that King's Fourth Amendment right against illegal searches and seizures, Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment, and 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection, were violated. U.S. prison inmate can sue over removal of marbles from penis 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a claim from a Texas prison inmate that spending decades on death row amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court to decide how long is too long on death row 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z It is unconstitutional and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Echoing points Justice Breyer made in his Glossip dissent, Mr. Tucker’s lawyers said the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court Rules in Capital Cases, Overturning a Death Sentence 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment filed by a Louisiana man convicted of fatally shooting his pregnant former girlfriend. Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z |
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