"Constitutional Law - Eighth Amendment - Cruel and Unusual Punishment -" by Christine D. Marton
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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).

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