Cruel and Unusual
What does it mean for punishment to be cruel and unusual?
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law · Elizabeth Joh, Roman Mars, Isabel Angell
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Show Notes
In 1960, a man named Lawrence Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating a California law that made it illegal to be addicted to narcotics. This summer, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order telling agencies to clear “dangerous” homeless encampments on state land. What links these two situations? The Eighth Amendment.
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