Add to ORKGIn 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided that capital punishment does not violate the Eighth Amendment\u27s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. This note raises the question whether extended incarceration on death row invokes the protections of the Eighth Amendment. This note examines four aspects of this issue. First, it traces the facts and procedural history of McKenzie. Second, the history of cruel and unusual punishment jurisprudence is discussed. Third, it details and analyzes the majority and dissenting opinions. Finally, it demonstrates that McKenzie is a poorly reasoned opinion
The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but its normative force derives chiefly...
Within the United States, legal challenges to the death penalty have held it to be a “cruel and unus...
In 1972, the Supreme Court heard the case Furman v. Georgia. Through this case and its resulting dec...
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided that capital punishment does not violate the Eighth...
There is a great struggle in the United States between proponents of the death penalty and death pen...
This Article describes the anomaly of executions in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eighth A...
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits infliction of cruel and unusual pu...
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusua...
The Eighth Amendment reads, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor ...
This Article addresses the question of when a method of executing a capital defendant amounts to cru...
Does death row incarceration for upwards of thirty years or more impermissibly impose the suffering ...
The present research deals with the issue of death penalty in the US which creates tension whether i...
The objective of this article is to examine this issue by formulating an analytical framework for de...
This article argues Atkins and its progeny of categorical exemptions to the death penalty create and...
Four years after Furmanv. Georgia, the Supreme Court has resolved the major question left unanswered...
The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but its normative force derives chiefly...
Within the United States, legal challenges to the death penalty have held it to be a “cruel and unus...
In 1972, the Supreme Court heard the case Furman v. Georgia. Through this case and its resulting dec...
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided that capital punishment does not violate the Eighth...
There is a great struggle in the United States between proponents of the death penalty and death pen...
This Article describes the anomaly of executions in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eighth A...
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits infliction of cruel and unusual pu...
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusua...
The Eighth Amendment reads, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor ...
This Article addresses the question of when a method of executing a capital defendant amounts to cru...
Does death row incarceration for upwards of thirty years or more impermissibly impose the suffering ...
The present research deals with the issue of death penalty in the US which creates tension whether i...
The objective of this article is to examine this issue by formulating an analytical framework for de...
This article argues Atkins and its progeny of categorical exemptions to the death penalty create and...
Four years after Furmanv. Georgia, the Supreme Court has resolved the major question left unanswered...
The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but its normative force derives chiefly...
Within the United States, legal challenges to the death penalty have held it to be a “cruel and unus...
In 1972, the Supreme Court heard the case Furman v. Georgia. Through this case and its resulting dec...