What is the meaning of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sanders v. Fed. Bureau Of Investigations, CASE NO. 1:10-cv-02332-LJO-SMS (E.D. Cal. 2011):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishments and "embodies broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, humanity and decency." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 102 (1976) (citations and internal quotations omitted). "No static
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