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[DOCX File]Socorro Independent School District
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8th Amendment prohibition on cruel & unusual punishment. Seek proportionality: “time should fit the crime”. SCOTUS: Gregg v. Georgia: death penalty. SCOTUS: Rummel. v. Estelle: life sentences. Ex post facto: crimes that already happened. Bills of attainder: punishment w/out a conviction
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[DOC File]Santa Clara Law - Lawyers Who Lead.Santa Clara Law
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SCOTUS has original jurisdiction over cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers & consuls, & those where a state shall be a party; & has appellate jurisdiction in all other cases ... Baze v. Rees: challenge to lethal injection “cocktail” as cruel & unusual punishment, violating the 8th amendment. CONGRESSIONAL INFLUENCE ON FEDERAL ...
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Amendment – “Cruel and unusual punishment” C. lause . SCOTUS – Determined that cruel and unusual includes . punishments that are . grossly disproportionate or excessive when compared to the crime committed. The 8th amendment does not require . strict proportionality
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[DOCX File]American Punishment in the 21st Century - NYU Law
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8th Amendment Law and Litigation Outline (Bryan Stevenson, Fall 2010) Table of Contents. American Punishment in the 21st Century2. The Modern Death Penalty3. 1.Furman4. 2. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)4. 3. Coker (1977)4. 4. Woodson v. NC (1976)5. 5. Sunner v. Shuman (1987)5. Aggravation5. Mitigation6. 6. Lockett v. Ohio (1978)6. 7. Eddings v ...
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In a unanimous decision for Gideon, the Court determined that the 6th Amendment’s right to counsel in felony criminal cases is a fundamental right essential to a fair trial. They also agreed that the protection was so important that it would apply to state courts as well as federal courts.
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[DOC File]Carter & Sahadi
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8th Amendment – “Cruel and unusual punishment” Clause . SCOTUS – Determined that cruel and unusual includes punishments that are grossly disproportionate or excessive when compared to the crime committed. The 8th amendment does not require strict proportionality between the crime and sentence, but rather, it only prohibits extreme ...
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[DOC File]Capital Punishment - Steiker - Law Course Outline
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d) Weems – Punishment in Philippines. D sentenced to hard labor while attached to chains. Court said that kind of punishment is unconstitutional. Question is if this is a proportionality or a mode of punishment case. More of a mode of punishment. e) Robinson – Violates 8th amendment to punish someone based on the status of being a drug addict.
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[DOC File][I] Introduction to Capital Punishment Law and Litigation 5
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[B.3] Per curiam Holding: The imposition of the DP in the cases in front of the Court would constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th amendment. [B.3.1] Summary of Reasoning: [B.3.1.1] DP is totally illegal: Two justices (Brennan and Marshall) accepted the view that standards of decency required that the 8th amendment be interpreted ...
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[DOC File]Summaries of High Profile Cases - SCOTUSblog
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8th Amendment: Roper v. ... punishment for juveniles who committed the crime when they were under the age of eighteen is “cruel and unusual punishment” under by the Eighth Amendment. ... the court held that irreparable harm was established by the likelihood of success of the law schools’ First Amendment claim. A number of other cases that ...
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[DOC File]US Constitution:Guide (Rvsd:15Jan09) Page 1 of 4
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Jurisdiction of SCotUS.-----Trial of ALL crimes by jury (except in cases of impeachment), held in state where crime committed, otherwise as Congress may direct. _____ § 3 Treason = 'levying war or . adhering to enemies' But 'No conviction unless…' Congress is empowered 'to declare punishment of treason, but NO …' (Forfeiture =lost due to a ...
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Scotus 8th amendment punishment cases