What is the test for invalidating a life sentence for a convicted rapist?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tapia, F062550 (Cal. App. 2013):
another way, that the punishment ' " 'shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity' " ' [citation], the court must invalidate the sentence as unconstitutional." (People v. Hines (1997) 15 Cal.4th 997, 1078.)
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