In a sentencing memo that quotes Martin Luther King Jr., federal prosecutors argue that life in prison is only legal ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Jessie Hoffman Jr., now 46 years old, was sentenced to death for the 1996 abduction, rape, and killing of a woman in St. Tammany Parish. Back when he was put on death row ...

BI found that such outcomes are unusual. Of nearly 1,500 Eighth Amendment prisoner cases BI analyzed for its series — including every appeals court case that reached a decision over a five-year ...

The ACLU argues the law is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment." "The court ordered that the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction ...

Novartis, however, argued that the program imposed unconstitutional burdens, challenging it on three grounds: that it violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines, the Fifth ...

Lamberth noted a "likelihood of success on the merits of the plaintiffs’ Eighth Amendment claim" but said the court "still takes no position" on other claims made in a lawsuit filed last week.

We made it through another week, Chicago. In Washington, President Donald Trump gave the longest address ever given to a ...

The new salaries will depend on the 'fitment factor'. 8th Pay Commission: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union cabinet last month approved the setting up of the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC ...

Another First Amendment case that the Court will consider this Friday, but on the religion side, is Apache Stronghold v. United States (briefs at the link); here's the question presented ...

(Image: Freepik) 8th Pay Commission Salary Calculator: With the announcement of the 8 th Pay Commission, the Central government employees are now keen to know about the changes in their salaries ...