BI analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been ...
Most civil suits settle in the outside world. But among prisoner Eighth Amendment lawsuits, only 14% settle, and less than 1% ...
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 ...
Roughly three-quarters of civil suits filed in the United States settle, and nearly half of nonprisoner civil-rights suits do. In BI's sample of Eighth Amendment cases, just 14% settled.
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, ...
Federal courts have rarely upheld claims of medical neglect in US prisons, even when healthcare providers failed to diagnose ...
When you look at a state constitution many state constitutions have language that is close to, but not identical to the Eighth Amendment. Only 11 states, have say, exactly the same thing as the ...
Greenville Democratic leader advocates for President Biden to act to make Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution to ...