Is a convicted rapist who commits multiple, heinous crimes resulting in a de facto life sentence not cruel and unusual punishment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carranza, G055902 (Cal. App. 2019):
The fact that a person commits multiple, heinous crimes resulting in a de facto life sentence does not by itself implicate constitutional concerns. For instance, a prison sentence exceeding 283 years, nearly twice as long as the sentence at issue here, for multiple rape and other sexual offenses was not cruel and unusual punishment in People v. Wallace (1993) 14 Cal.App.4th 651, 666.
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