disproportionate-sentences

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-7626 Lonnie Rarden v. Ohio Ohio 2020-02-12 Dismissed IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentences due-process eighth-amendment non-violent-offense non-violent-offenses proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-disparity Is sentencing a defendant to a de facto life sentence for non-violent offenses a violation of the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual pun…
19-5752 Jimmie Kyle Anderson v. Texas Texas 2019-08-29 Denied IFP 8th-amendment apprendi-rule cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentences eighth-amendment public-safety sentencing sex-offender-law sex-offenders Does the public safety interest in incapacitating and deterring certain types of sex offenders with extremely long sentences run afoul of the 8th Amen…