The lawsuit alleges the Springfield, Missouri, School District both compelled the employees to speak as directed and chilled ...

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

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

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.

Others say they were assaulted by officers themselves. The Eighth Amendment, which bars "cruel and unusual punishments," was intended by the founders as a bulwark against prisoner abuse.

Together, they changed the legal landscape of the Eighth Amendment — the foundational constitutional protection against "cruel and unusual punishments." Heavy criticism soon followed — from ...

Crestview Middle School 8th grader Jacob Burley back in school after cardiac arrest on gym floor in Columbiana, Ohio ...

Dave Murman of Glenvil submitted LB390, which would require Nebraska school districts to implement a policy empowering ...

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, ...