How can punishment violate the Eighth Amendment?

What will be an ideal response?


To be valid, a law must specify the punishment to be applied for violation of the law. If that punishment is in violation of the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment , it may be declared unconstitutional.

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What are streamers? What does evidence of their presence at a fire scene suggest?

What will be an ideal response?

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Identify the mode of adaptation that is characterized by the rejection of legitimate cultural goals and the institutionalized means of attaining them.

A. conformity B. innovation C. retreatism D. ritualism

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According to the NCVS __________ victims are disproportionately represented in all crimes of violence

a. Hispanics c. Native Americans/Alaska Natives b. whites d. African American

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Grounded theory is not built from qualitative field observations

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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