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Amendment VIII. Cruel and Unusual Punishment | U.S. Constitution Annotated | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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- Overview of Eighth Amendment, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Excessive Fines
- Excessive Bail
- Punishment
- Historical Background on Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Evolving or Fixed Standard of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Proportionality in Sentencing
- Proportionality and Juvenile Offenders
- Limitation to Criminal Punishments
- Addiction, Alcoholism, and Homelessness under the Eighth Amendment
- Conditions of Confinement
- Divestiture of Citizenship
- Death Penalty
- Overview of Death Penalty
- Early Doctrine on Death Penalty
- Furman and Moratorium on Death Penalty
- Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on Death Penalty
- Applying the Death Penalty Fairly
- Role of Jury and Consideration of Evidence
- Cognitively Disabled and Death Penalty
- Minors and Death Penalty
- Non-Homicide Offenses and Death Penalty
- Execution Methods
- Overview of Death Penalty
- Historical Background on Cruel and Unusual Punishment