@article{ref1,
title="The Supreme Court, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, and the Death Penalty",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="1969",
author="Rubin, S.",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="121-131",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/001112876901500110",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001112876901500110"
}