How to Use cruel and unusual punishment in a Sentence

cruel and unusual punishment

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• The high court concluded that laws penalizing homeless people for sleeping or pitching tents in public spaces do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
• The court ruled that applying the death penalty in such cases would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
• But in its Wednesday ruling, the 6th Circuit said Finley can proceed with his cruel and unusual punishment claim.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
• Sinclair went to prison in 1969, but a movement to free Sinclair from what his supporters called cruel and unusual punishment flooded the country and spread across borders.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
• Lawyers for the prisoner, William Kemmler, alleged that the method violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
• In a series of rulings, the court has held that cities violate the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment when police arrest or fine people who have no access to shelter.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• In their 6-3 decision, justices said enforcing a camping ban is not equal to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• But lower courts have said some of those execution methods violate state law or the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Renuka Rayasam, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• The high court held the sentence was unconstitutional and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
• As part of that case, a federal judge determined in 1975 that prison officials had failed to provide adequate health care, which amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 July 2024
• The language has prompted questions about specific procedures that could be used as well as worries about cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
• Smith’s lawyers told the justices that the state’s attempt to carry out the execution a second time amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Courts in states such as Mississippi and Wisconsin have found that failure to abate extreme heat violates the Eighth Amendment, which includes a clause against cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
• The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether cities may ticket people who are homeless and sleeping on public property, or whether that is a cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Constitution.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
• Justice Neil Gorsuch said that the penalties are relatively minor with fines only for first-time offenders, and that that can't be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• Along with state law, federal law has long said ignoring the needs of someone incarcerated amounts to a violation of the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
• The lawsuit found doing so violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• What became known as Bivens claims were later expanded by the court to cover allegations of cruel and unusual punishment and discrimination.
  — Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• Among other counts, Finley alleged violation of his 8th Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment and his constitutional right to due process.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
• In 2018, three homeless people in Grants Pass filed a lawsuit against the city on behalf of its homeless population, alleging that its rules violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 June 2024
• Waupun inmates filed a federal lawsuit in October alleging the the conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — CBS News, 5 June 2024
• The judges said the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits cities from arresting or imposing penalties on homeless people for squatting on public property if there aren’t enough shelter beds for every vagrant.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
• Eighth amendment: Protects citizens from excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
• The complaints filed Tuesday charge negligence, negligent hiring and cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
• In his opinion for the decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch found that the ordinances did not violate the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Opinion, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
• The Supreme Court ruled Friday that people without homes can be arrested and fined for sleeping in public spaces, overturning a lower court’s ruling that enforcing camping bans when shelter is lacking is cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• He was found guilty in July after having previously been indicted on charges of depriving the victims of their constitutional right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Those include new legal claims of cruel and unusual punishment over the eight times the execution team tried unsuccessfully to establish an IV in Creech’s body to administer the pentobarbital.
  — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2024
• Over a forceful dissent from its three liberal members, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a prisoner in Illinois held in solitary confinement who said that prolonged denial of outdoor exercise was cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The suit centered on midazolam — the anesthetic that apparently failed in Lockett’s execution — stating that its use was cruel and unusual punishment.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024