The Bill of Rights has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, ... “The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

This amendment was included as one of the Bill of Rights when submitted to Congress in 1789. Unlike the first 10 amendments, the amendment was not ratified together with the 10 Bill of Rights. In ...

The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws ...

Scarce attention has been paid to another relevant part of the Bill of Rights: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on inflicting “cruel and unusual punishment,” a limit on state power that ...