Together, they changed the legal landscape of the Eighth Amendment — the foundational constitutional protection against "cruel and unusual punishments." Heavy criticism soon followed — from ...

How a Clinton-era law, the PLRA, hollowed out the Eighth Amendment. Nearly three years into Bill Clinton's first term as president, US senators took to the floor to tackle an urgent concern.

the Supreme Court ruled that inmates on death row could make last-minute claims that the chemicals in lethal injections are too painful and violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

Longstanding court precedents have consistently held that blanket rules denying incarcerated people gender-affirming medical care constitute cruel and unusual punishment and are thus prohibited by the ...

Four years ago, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled (in Martin v. City of Boise) that “the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city from prosecuting people criminally ...

Johnson that a city does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishments when it enforces against homeless individuals its ordinance that bars encampments on public property.

Excessive bail shall not be required... The text of the Eighth Amendment Excessive Bail Clause derives from the 1689 English Bill of Rights, redacted in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and ...