The majority state that ordinances barring homeless encampments do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.“ The Supreme Court has ruled that city ordinances barring camping on public property…
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Federal Judge Permits First-Ever Nitrogen Gas Execution
He denies an injunction to stop the experimental method of execution. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker ruled that the state of Alabama could proceed with the first known…
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Supreme Court Rejects Juvenile Sentencing Limits
The Constitution’s Eighth Amendment was the focus of arguments. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a defendant can be sentenced to life without parole for a homicide…
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Supreme Court Hears Tuesday Cases
Cases deal with Eighth Amendment and minimum sentences. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases of Jones v. Mississippi and Borden v. United States.…
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