What is the impact of the Eighth Amendment on the sentencing of death sentences in death penalty cases?
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The following excerpt is from Harrison v. Gillespie, 636 F.3d 472 (9th Cir. 2011):
4. See also Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 606, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002) (States have constructed elaborate sentencing procedures in death cases, Arizona emphasizes, because of constraints we have said the Eighth Amendment places on capital sentencing.).
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