The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Monday over whether sentencing ... are too painful and violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of ...

In addressing the claims, the district court followed Glossip v. Gross, an Eighth Amendment case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that an individual challenging a method of execution as cruel and ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...