'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

Number of Pages 10

In ten pages this paper discusses the various cases involving the Eighth Amendment's definition of 'cruel and unusual punishment' including prison guards' punishments on inmates, capital punishment for mentally retarded individuals, and the 'Three Strikes and You're Out' law in California. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliography.


File: MM12_PGamend8.rtf


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