Eighth Amendment  Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• Overview of Eighth Amendment, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• Excessive Fines
• Excessive Bail
  • Historical Background on Excessive Bail
  • Modern Doctrine on Bail
• Punishment
  • Historical Background on Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • Evolving or Fixed Standard of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • Proportionality in Sentencing
  • Proportionality and Juvenile Offenders
  • Limitation to Criminal Punishments
  • Addiction, Alcoholism, and Homelessness under the Eighth Amendment
  • Conditions of Confinement
  • Divestiture of Citizenship
  • Death Penalty
    • Overview of Death Penalty
    • Early Doctrine on Death Penalty
    • Furman and Moratorium on Death Penalty
    • Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on Death Penalty
    • Applying the Death Penalty Fairly
    • Role of Jury and Consideration of Evidence
    • Cognitively Disabled and Death Penalty
    • Minors and Death Penalty
    • Non-Homicide Offenses and Death Penalty
    • Execution Methods