Is a sentence for a convicted rapist proportionate to his crime?

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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Orduno-Martinez, 933 F.2d 1017 (9th Cir. 1991):

Each appellant asserts that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment and is not proportional to his crime under Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 290-91 (1983).

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