IS "POWELL" STILL VALID? THE SUPREME COURT'S CHANGING STANCE ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
In its seminal case Robinson v. California, the Supreme Court struck down a state statute criminalizing narcotics addiction. The Court held this statute, in criminalizing the disease of drug addiction, constituted cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Six years later in Po...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Virginia Law Review. - VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION. - 104(2018), 3, Seite 547-588 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Virginia Law Review |
| Schlagworte: | Behavioral sciences Law Applied sciences Social sciences Health sciences |
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