What is the case law on cruel and unusual punishment in the context of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kingsberry v. Ratelle, 902 F.2d 39 (9th Cir. 1990):
The sentence imposed on Kingsberry, then, does not even begin to approach the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment. We find that the sentence imposed on Kingsberry, when measured against objective criteria, cannot possibly be said to be so "significantly disproportionate" to his crime that it is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Cf. Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 303 (1983).
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