The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual... 79 KB (9,666 words) - 02:46, 23 April 2024 |
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification... 68 KB (1,427 words) - 10:46, 26 April 2024 |
The Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX) to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in... 31 KB (4,041 words) - 01:08, 14 March 2024 |
The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. It expresses the... 30 KB (3,567 words) - 05:11, 1 March 2024 |
Eighth Amendment may refer to: Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the United States Bill of Rights Eighth Amendment of the Constitution... 705 bytes (134 words) - 10:12, 22 April 2023 |
capital punishment to be in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Four years later, the Supreme Court overturned its previous... 18 KB (2,291 words) - 13:07, 26 January 2024 |
Cruel and unusual punishment (category United States-centric) later also adopted in the United States by the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1791) and in the British Leeward Islands (1798)... 10 KB (1,161 words) - 23:12, 1 April 2024 |
Excessive Bail Clause (category Clauses of the United States Constitution) The Excessive Bail Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits excessive bail set in pre-trial detention. If a judge posts... 11 KB (1,238 words) - 04:56, 16 March 2024 |
Bucklew v. Precythe (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court) a United States Supreme Court case regarding the standards for challenging methods of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States... 16 KB (1,595 words) - 09:01, 4 January 2024 |
Due Process Clause (redirect from Due process in the United States) both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the federal... 46 KB (6,346 words) - 21:10, 17 March 2024 |
Graham v. Florida (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court) of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Terrance Jamar Graham (born January 6, 1987), along with two accomplices, attempted to rob... 11 KB (1,074 words) - 18:59, 15 April 2024 |
Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit certain disproportionate sentences. Further, the Cruel and Unusual Punishments... 10 KB (1,422 words) - 17:30, 3 December 2018 |
Glossip v. Gross (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court) constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court found that condemned prisoners can only... 50 KB (5,445 words) - 02:17, 13 September 2023 |
the United States Constitution and Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with the rights of criminal suspects. Later the protection... 213 KB (22,959 words) - 19:47, 17 April 2024 |
Amending the Constitution of India is the process of making changes to the nation's fundamental law or supreme law. The procedure of amendment in the constitution... 41 KB (5,952 words) - 22:54, 11 April 2024 |
Richard Glossip (category Prisoners sentenced to death by Oklahoma) the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In September and October 2015, Glossip was granted three successive stays of execution due to... 42 KB (4,144 words) - 18:25, 30 March 2024 |
held that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not prohibit imposing the death penalty for felony murder. The Supreme Court has created... 22 KB (2,915 words) - 01:04, 12 December 2023 |
Bank Secrecy Act Civil forfeiture in the United States Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution United States v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998)... 10 KB (1,012 words) - 15:55, 3 October 2023 |
Wilkerson v. Utah (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government) prescribed by the Utah territorial statute, was not cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. On November... 11 KB (1,217 words) - 00:30, 12 December 2023 |
liability can arise under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution if jail and prison officials demonstrate deliberate... 12 KB (1,545 words) - 12:18, 25 April 2024 |
Scott Hain (category Juvenile offenders executed by the United States) execution, the United States Supreme Court held in the 5–4 decision of Roper v. Simmons that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution was violated... 6 KB (656 words) - 16:14, 27 February 2024 |
Mitigating factor (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) out by the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, information must be provided on the character and previous history of the defendant, as... 13 KB (1,702 words) - 19:47, 19 July 2023 |