cruel and unusual punishment

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Baze v. Rees	07-5439	01/07/2008	04/16/2008	Supreme Court of Kentucky		7-2	John G. Roberts, Jr.	lethal injection Eighth Amendment death penalty cruel and unusual punishment
Hill, Clarence v. McDonough, James (interim secy, FL Dept. of Corrections), et al. (06/12/2006)	05-8794	04/26/2006	06/12/2006	11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Jan. 24, 2006) / Florida Supreme Court (Jan. 17, 2006)	Affirmed	9-0	Anthony M. Kennedy	Capital case Habeas corpus civil rights 8th Amendment lethal injections cruel and unusual punishment

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