The Annenberg Public Policy Center released a film titled “The Eighth Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment” on Annenberg Classroom in recognition of Constitution Day on Sept. 17. The 24-minute film ...
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, upheld a provision of the Mississippi Constitution that deprives convicted felons of the right to vote against an Eighth ...
Oct. 1 (UPI) --Georgia state prisons subject inmates to "horrific and inhumane" conditions in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The ...