What is the test for determining whether a specific act constitutes cruel and unusual punishment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Meadows v. Reeves, Case No. 1:11-cv-00257-DAD-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2015):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment in penal institutions. Whether a specific act constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is measured by "the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society." Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 8 (1992).
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