To: Poohbah
It is disproportionate to the actual damages ( the CDs).
The Court has now held in the punitive damage case that the Constitution forbids punishment that is disproportionate to damages. Beats Hell out of me where they found it in the Constittuion, but it seems that they found it and applied it, but not for individuals whom the State wants to punish.
33 posted on
04/07/2003 11:33:20 AM PDT by
APBaer
To: APBaer
It is disproportionate to the actual damages ( the CDs).How so?
Trying to steal CDs from my residence can get you thoroughly deceased. Life in prison is much milder by comparison.
40 posted on
04/07/2003 11:49:52 AM PDT by
Poohbah
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