Eighth Amendment
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Neither the wording of the 8th Amendment nor its history
indicates it invalidates loitering laws. The question is whether executing people for crimes committed
when they were 16 or 17 violates the Constitution's 8th Amendment,
which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment. This clause, adopted as the 8th amendment to the constitution,
and frequently used by the late Gen. |
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