Eighth Amendment | Eighth Amendment
Nov.10.2009
John Allen Muhammad, the so-called D.C. sniper, is scheduled to be put to death today by the state of Virginia for the mass murders he carried out in our nation's capital.
The Supreme Court refused to stay the execution as did Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.
No one will argue that Muhammad is...
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Apr.28.2009
Now that the Supreme Court upheld the government's ban on the use of four letter words on TV, and radio, here's a question for them: when will they ban torture?
Yes, of course, "cruel and unusual punishment" is already prohibited under the Eighth Amendment, yet we've seen how water...
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