The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws ...
...nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. There is little in the historical record to suggest that the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause was the subject of much discussion during the ...
Many of the rights in the Bill of Rights apply to those ... to testify and have lawyers represent him. Finally, the Eighth Amendment addresses the terms of an individual's imprisonment and ...
The Eighth Amendment, which bars "cruel and unusual ... But prisoners and civil-rights attorneys have said that it is now nearly impossible to win such claims in court. To investigate whether ...
The Eighth Amendment which effectively banned abortion in the Republic of Ireland has been formally repealed. Irish President Michael D Higgins signed the abortion referendum bill into law on Tuesday.