Duquesne Law Review
Abstract
The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has held that injection of the drug apomorphine as an agent of aversion therapy constitutes cruel and unusual punishment violative of the eighth amendment when administered to nonconsenting inmates of the Iowa Security Medical Facility.
Knecht v. Gillman, 488 F.2d 1136 (8th Cir. 1973).
First Page
621
Recommended Citation
Louise Porac,
Constitutional Law - Eighth Amendment - Aversion Therapy as Cruel and Unusual Punishment,
13
Duq. L. Rev.
621
(1975).
Available at:
https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol13/iss3/10