Does a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the possession of more than 650 grams of cocaine violate the Eighth Amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Putney v. Swarthout, Case No.: 1:13-cv-00771-LJO-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):

without parole for first offense of possession of more than 650 grams of cocaine is not so disproportionate as to violate the Eighth Amendment); Hutto v. Davis, 454 U.S. 370, 37475, 102 S.Ct. 703, 70 L.Ed.2d 556 (1982) (per curiam) (upholding non-recidivist sentence of two consecutive 25 year prison terms for possession of nine ounces of marijuana and distribution of marijuana); cf. Solem, 463 U.S. at 280-81 (sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for seventh nonviolent felony violates Eighth Amendment).

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