Citation

Rubin S. Crime Delinq. 1969; 15(1): 121-131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1969, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/001112876901500110

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The history of the Eighth Amendment (prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment) as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States is bleak. For all practical purposes, the Court's rulings have rendered the Eighth Amendment a dead letter.