Eighth Amendment - Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases

EIGHTH AMENDMENT

FURTHER GUARANTEES IN CRIMINAL CASES

CONTENTS

• Excessive Bail
• Excessive Fines
• Cruel and Unusual Punishments
  • Style of Interpretation
  • Application and Scope
  • Capital Punishment
    • General Validity and Guiding Principles
    • Implementation of Procedural Requirements
    • Limitations on Capital Punishment: Proportionality
    • Limitations on Capital Punishment: Diminished Capacity
    • Limitations on Capital Punishment: Equality of Application
    • Limitations on Habeas Corpus Review of Capital Sentences
  • Proportionality
  • Prisons and Punishment
  • Limitation of the Clause to Criminal Punishments

Last modified: June 27, 2012