Appeals Based on an 8th Amendment Violation
- Posted by Marcia Shein
- On September 1, 2018
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- Appeals, cruel and unusual punishment, Eighth Amendment/Cruel And Unusual Punishment
8th Amendment Rights A federal appeals court recently upheld the death sentence of a man who killed a South Dakota doughnut shop worker in 1992. The South Dakota Attorney General later commented that the 8th Circuit’s decision, in this case, was “appropriate and constitutional.” The decision comes after the man was convicted in 1993 and […]
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