The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” from being inflicted on prisoners.

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An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual disabilities in capital cases, while ...

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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has secured the conviction of three Kamiti Maximum Prison officers for their role ...

An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual ...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of ...

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