8th

Trop v. Dulles

The government cannot take away one's citizenship due to misbehavior.

Robinson v. California

Cannot punish a person for the status of being addicted to narcotics.

Ford v. Wainwright

The 8th Amendment prohibits the execution of a person who is insane.

Coker v. Georgia

The death penalty cannot be used for the crime of rape.

Atkins v. Virginia

Sentencing a mentally disabled person to death violates the 8th Amendment.

Roper v. Simmons

Sentencing a minor to death violates the 8th Amendment.

Baze v. Rees

Kentucky's lethal injection protocol does not violate the 8th Amendment.

Kennedy v. Louisiana

The death penalty cannot be imposed on a defendant who raped an 8-year-old child.

Glossip v. Gross

Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol does not violate the 8th Amendment.

Miller v. Alabama

Juveniles cannot be sentenced to life without parole.

Hall v. Florida

Executing an intellectually disabled individual violates protections against cruel and unusual punishment of the 8th Amendment.

Bucklew v. Precythe

Courts are not required to use an alternative method of execution if the evidence does not substantiate the inmate's claim.

Madison v. Alabama

The 8th Amendment does not prohibit executing a prisoner who cannot remember committing their crime unless they cannot rationally understand the execution reason.

Kahler v. Kansas

Kansas court is not required to adopt the insanity defense to assess a defendant's moral culpability.

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Prohibiting camping on public property does not violate the 8th Amendment.

Furman v. Georgia

The supreme court ruled that cpaital punishment was unconstitutional and struck down state death penalty laws nationwide.

gregg v georgia

overturned furman v. georgia