The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws ...

the Supreme Court ruled that inmates on death row could make last-minute claims that the chemicals in lethal injections are too painful and violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

The Justice Department has announced that conditions at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center violates the constitution, according ...

Illinois inmates defeated in part an attempt by state officials to win summary judgment on their Eighth Amendment-based class ...

The 8th Circuit — the same appeals court that ... "Our caselaw establishes a higher standard for deliberate indifference." "The Eighth Amendment does not allow prisons to be modern-day settings ...

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued decree no 319 of 2024 endorsing the eighth amendment of an assistance agreement between Egypt and the US concerning the Egyptian-US higher education initiative.

The Eighth Amendment which effectively banned abortion in the Republic of Ireland has been formally repealed. Irish President Michael D Higgins signed the abortion referendum bill into law on Tuesday.

Why it matters: Democrat-aligned groups had been working to put the state constitutional amendment on Montana's ballot in a move that would boost embattled Democratic Sen. Jon Tester's re-election ...