gipsyrose
05-17-2005, 07:58 AM
The Eigth Amendment:
http://criminal.findlaw.com/articles/1466.html
Excessive Bail: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/01.html#1
Excessive Fines: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/02.html#1
Cruel and Unusual Punishment (pt 1): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/03.html#1
Style of Interpretation: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/04.html#1
Cruel and Unusual Punishments (pt 2): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/05.html#1
Capital Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/06.html#1
Proportionality: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/07.html#1
Prisons and Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/08.html#1
Limitation of Clause to Criminal Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/09.html#1
**This means that after a criminal defendant is convicted and sentenced, the Constitution still acts to guarantee his or her fundamental rights concerning conditions of confinement and treatment by corrections personnel.
Inmates' Eighth Amendment challenges to punishment and confinement conditions are typically brought in connection with federal civil rights laws, including 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act.
http://criminal.findlaw.com/articles/1466.html
Excessive Bail: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/01.html#1
Excessive Fines: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/02.html#1
Cruel and Unusual Punishment (pt 1): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/03.html#1
Style of Interpretation: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/04.html#1
Cruel and Unusual Punishments (pt 2): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/05.html#1
Capital Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/06.html#1
Proportionality: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/07.html#1
Prisons and Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/08.html#1
Limitation of Clause to Criminal Punishment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment08/09.html#1
**This means that after a criminal defendant is convicted and sentenced, the Constitution still acts to guarantee his or her fundamental rights concerning conditions of confinement and treatment by corrections personnel.
Inmates' Eighth Amendment challenges to punishment and confinement conditions are typically brought in connection with federal civil rights laws, including 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act.