The Oyez Project: Criminal Procedure Issues - Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Non-Death Penalty Decisions

Estelle v. Gamble - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Nov 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Ewing v. California - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:00:00 -0500

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Farmer v. Brennan, Warden - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Harmelin v. Michigan - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Is a statutorily mandated sentence that does not allow for consideration of mitigating factors a violation of the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishments?

Hope v. Pelzer - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Court of Appeals holding of qualified immunity where prison guards' conduct violated the Eighth Amendment comport with United States v. Lanier, 520 U.S. 259?

Hudson v. McMillian - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 25 Feb 1992 12:00:00 -0500

Must an inmate alleging that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment has been violated by the excessive use of force demonstrate "significant injury" to prevail on his claim?

Hutto v. Finney - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 23 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

Did punitive isolation for more than thirty days in the Arkansas prison system constitute cruel and unusual punishment as prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Ingraham v. Wright - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Solem v. Helm - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Jun 1983 12:00:00 -0500

Did the sentence violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Wilson v. Seiter - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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