The second category, which arguably reflects the understanding that prevailed in America before the drafting of the Eighth Amendment ... on the Constitution of the United States (1833) believed ...

Together, they changed the legal landscape of the Eighth Amendment — the foundational ... our samples spanned cases from every circuit in the United States filed by prisoners held in hundreds ...

At the time of the drafting of the Eighth Amendment ... and the provision in the amendment induced no debate on the floor of Congress. In United States v. Bajakajian (1998), the Supreme Court ...

Others say they were assaulted by officers themselves. The Eighth Amendment, which bars "cruel and unusual punishments," was intended by the founders as a bulwark against prisoner abuse. Over the ...

The Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil rights claims can be heard court.

It has been 233 years since the ratification of the Bill of Rights. The aim is to give freedom and justice to all Americans, ...

By Jacqueline A. Schwarz In the preamble to the Constitution of the United States, we are instructed to form a more perfect union. The American experiment may never be complete; we are always striving ...

Its goal is to prohibit the abuses of England's notorious Star Chamber—a court under King Henry VIII where political prisoners could be tried in secret. With the Sixth Amendment, the accused has ...