Topic: Eighth Amendment

Supreme Court rejects Idaho case on prohibiting the insanity defense
Idaho is one of four states that do not permit criminal defendants to claim they are innocent by reason of insanity. On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to take a case testing whether an insanity defense is a constitutional right.
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US to seek life sentence for underwear bomber, saying he remains a threat
Opinion Four ways to relieve overcrowded prisons
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Supreme Court refuses case on Guantanamo detainees and torture
Texas judge refuses bid to make child porn users pay damages

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