The Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment is in grave danger from the Supreme Court
Posted on AllSides October 16th, 2019
From The Left
With Kennedy gone, the Supreme Court’s already rethinking the Eighth Amendment.
There probably isn’t much doubt how Mathena v. Malvo, a case the Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday, will wind up being resolved.
The “Malvo” in this case is Lee Boyd Malvo, one half of the infamous pair of serial killers who terrorized the Washington, DC area with a sniper rampage in 2002. He was 17 at the time of the rampage, and he claims that the sentencing courts did not follow the proper process for condemning a juvenile...