To: Poohbah
" the judiciary has to act, or the intent and letter of the Eighth Amendment is subverted."
Too late on that, they okayed the three strikes laws recently, without regard to any proportionality between the coonduct and the life sentences.
29 posted on
04/07/2003 11:26:02 AM PDT by
APBaer
To: APBaer
Please explain how life in prison is cruel and unusual punishment.
30 posted on
04/07/2003 11:29:07 AM PDT by
Poohbah
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