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  3. Amendment VIII. Excessive Bail and Fines, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  4. Cruel and Unusual

Cruel and Unusual

  • U.S. Constitution Annotated
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    Cruel and Unusual
    • Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments
      • Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Historical Background
      • Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Doctrine and Practice
      • Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Select Topics for Consideration
        • Drug and Alchohol Dependency
        • Conditions of Confinement
    • Death Penalty
      • Death Penalty: Overview
      • Death Penalty: Doctrine and Practice
        • Death Penalty: Early Doctrine
        • Furman and the Moratorium on the Death Penalty
        • Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on the Death Penalty
          • Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on the Death Penalty: Overview
          • Role of Jury and Consideration of Evidence
          • Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty
            • Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Cognitively Disabled
            • Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Minors
            • Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Non-Homicide Offenses
            • Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Methods of Executions

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