| 31. | However, the court said the Eighth Amendment and the Tennessee Constitution prohibit executing mentally retarded individuals.
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| 32. | The defendants moved to reduce bail, claiming that it was excessive under the Eighth Amendment.
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| 33. | Is nullification of the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments one of the lessons that America could learn?
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| 34. | And on constitutional grounds, the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment sets a high threshold.
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| 35. | It was the first time the court had used the Eighth Amendment to overturn a state criminal conviction.
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| 36. | They also argued that the federal death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
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| 37. | For example, Professor John Stinneford asserts that the " evolving standards " test misinterprets the Eighth Amendment:
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| 38. | Breyer did not believe the Founders could have contemplated decades long delays when they wrote the Eighth Amendment.
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| 39. | One judge declared that the longer sentences violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
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| 40. | In 1993, the justices said that forfeiture may violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against excessive fines.
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