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Eighth Amendment Protections

Eighth Amendment Protections is a constitutional doctrine that prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments, thereby safeguarding prisoners' fundamental rights against inhumane treatment and excessive penalties within the U.S. correctional system.

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2017–2026

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Freedom's law: the moral reading of the American Constitution

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 667 citations

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Freedom's law: The moral reading of the American Constitution

William Mulligan · Public Relations Review · 1997 · 330 citations

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Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Eighth Amendment: Testing the Marshall Hypothesis

Neil Vidmar, Austin Sarat · 1976 · 140 citations · Full text

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Race of Victim and Location of Crime: The Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in South Carolina

Raymond Paternoster · The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-) · 1983 · 103 citations

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The juvenile death penalty and the Eighth Amendment: An empirical investigation of societal consensus and proportionality.

Catherine Crosby, Preston A. Britner, Kathleen M. Jodl et al. · Law and Human Behavior · 1995 · 60 citations

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Authors

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  1. YL
    Youngjae Lee

    Fordham University, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  2. TM
    Tessa M. Gorman

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  3. SY
    Susanna Y. Chung

    Fordham University, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  4. MV
    Michael V. Vitiello

    University of Washington, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. JF
    John F. Stinneford

    University of Florida, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  2. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

    Tulsa, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    118 citations

  3. Cardiff Royal Infirmary

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  4. College of Law

    Riga, Latvia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    177 citations

  6. Indiana University South Bend

    South Bend, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. DePaul University

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 39 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 687 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. California Law Review

    2 publications · 25 citations

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