Duquesne Law Review
Abstract
The United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment contains no proportionality guarantee and thus upheld a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for possession of 672.5 grams of cocaine in violation of a Michigan statute.
Harmelin v Michigan, ___ US ___, 111 S Ct 2680 (1991).
First Page
387
Recommended Citation
Christine D. Marton,
Constitutional Law - Eighth Amendment - Cruel and Unusual Punishment - Proportionality Guarantee,
30
Duq. L. Rev.
387
(1992).
Available at:
https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol30/iss2/10