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Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase in common law describing punishment that is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the person subjected to the sanction.
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The Eighth Amendment prohibits certain types of punishment: excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. 1. As discussed in more detail in the following essays, these prohibitions were intended to protect persons convicted of crimes from government abuses of power. 2.
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Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase mentioned in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. However, the Constitution does not give more guidance than that, and so courts--particularly the Supreme Court--have heard a number of cases which have given guidance to the ...
Proportionality of Sentence
In Solemv. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), the Supreme Court held that a sentencemay not be disproportionate to the crime committed, regardless of whether the crime is a felony or a misdemeanor. To measure proportionality, the court must look at several factors. These factors include the severity of the offense, the harshness of the penalty, the sentences imposed on others within the same jurisdiction, and the sentences imposed on others in different jurisdictions. The Supreme Court later overturn...
In Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651 (1977), the Supreme Court stated that the “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain” constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. This standard was refined inWhitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312 (1986), in which the Supreme Court stated that action that may seem like an unconstitutional “unnecessary and wanton inflictio...
Deliberate Indifference
In Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976), the Supreme Court established that the Eighth Amendment may be violated due to factors related to a prisoner's confinement. A prison guard's deliberate indifference to a prisoner's serious illness or injury would constitute cruel and unusual punishment which would violate the Eighth Amendment.
Overcrowding
In Brown v. Plata, 131 S.Ct. 1910 (2011), the Court held that prison overcrowding in California was unconstitutional because the living conditions resulted in medical care violations. The Court reasoned that prisoners would suffer and could die if they did not receive with adequate medical care.
For more on cruel and unusual punishment, see this Florida State University Law Review article, this University of Virginia Law Review article, and this New York University Law Review article.
Aug 30, 2023 · The cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment protects criminal convicts from “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain," the Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia (1976). It also serves as a check on prison officials to ensure they use acceptable forms of punishment.
Dec 1, 2005 · For they in fact suggest an elegant two-part judicial examination: whether a challenged punishment is “cruel” — that is, needlessly and wantonly harsh and with some significant purpose of inflicting pain or misery — and, if so, whether it is by some reasonably measurable standard “unusual” or rare.
