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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1089 words) |
 | Amendment VIII (the Eighth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the U.S. Bill of Rights, prohibits excessive bail or fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. |
| Traditionally, the length of a prison sentence was not subject to scrutiny under the Eighth Amendment, regardless of the crime for which the sentence was imposed. |
| The Court declared the execution of the mentally retarded to be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual in 2002, and in 2005 it declared unconstitutionally cruel and unusual the death penalty for people who were under age 18 at the time of their crime. |
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