Add to ORKGA recent United States Supreme Court decision established a new eighth amendment test for the constitutionality of punishment which may be out of proportion with the severity of a crime. After examining the Court\u27s statement and use of this test for the rape of an adult the author concludes that the Court\u27s test is not entirely satisfactory. Finally, the author applies the new test of constitutionality of capital punishment to the crime of sexual battery as defined in the Florida Statutes
This year\u27s survey of Eleventh Circuit criminal cases is primarily a review of those decisions wh...
There is a great struggle in the United States between proponents of the death penalty and death pen...
In an attempt to eradicate biases in substantive law and evidentiary procedures, legislative changes...
A recent United States Supreme Court decision established a new eighth amendment test for the consti...
Excessive force is today\u27s most prominently debated governmental abuse. The shocks the conscienc...
Modern sex offender registration and notification laws blur the distinction between criminal and civ...
In the case of Coker v. Georgia (1977) the Supreme Court ruled that executing an offender who had co...
The Supreme Court recently resolved a longstanding split in its Eighth Amendment jurisprudence when ...
Full-text available at SSRN. See link in this record.On June 25, 2008, the United States Supreme Cou...
The Eighth Amendment states that “[e]xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines impose...
In Miller v. Alabama1 and Jackson v. Hobbs2 the Supreme Court reaffirmed its conclusions in two earl...
This article criticizes the Court\u27s interpretation of the Eighth Amendment\u27s Cruel and Unusual...
This article will examine the development of the standard for eighth amendment review used in cases ...
The United States Supreme Court recently handed down Gregg v. Georgia, a decision that attempted to ...
The U.S. Supreme Court last decided the issue of whether post-incarceration sex offender regulations...
This year\u27s survey of Eleventh Circuit criminal cases is primarily a review of those decisions wh...
There is a great struggle in the United States between proponents of the death penalty and death pen...
In an attempt to eradicate biases in substantive law and evidentiary procedures, legislative changes...
A recent United States Supreme Court decision established a new eighth amendment test for the consti...
Excessive force is today\u27s most prominently debated governmental abuse. The shocks the conscienc...
Modern sex offender registration and notification laws blur the distinction between criminal and civ...
In the case of Coker v. Georgia (1977) the Supreme Court ruled that executing an offender who had co...
The Supreme Court recently resolved a longstanding split in its Eighth Amendment jurisprudence when ...
Full-text available at SSRN. See link in this record.On June 25, 2008, the United States Supreme Cou...
The Eighth Amendment states that “[e]xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines impose...
In Miller v. Alabama1 and Jackson v. Hobbs2 the Supreme Court reaffirmed its conclusions in two earl...
This article criticizes the Court\u27s interpretation of the Eighth Amendment\u27s Cruel and Unusual...
This article will examine the development of the standard for eighth amendment review used in cases ...
The United States Supreme Court recently handed down Gregg v. Georgia, a decision that attempted to ...
The U.S. Supreme Court last decided the issue of whether post-incarceration sex offender regulations...
This year\u27s survey of Eleventh Circuit criminal cases is primarily a review of those decisions wh...
There is a great struggle in the United States between proponents of the death penalty and death pen...
In an attempt to eradicate biases in substantive law and evidentiary procedures, legislative changes...