Eighth Amendment

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	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
Graham v. Florida	08-7412	11/09/2009		District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District			non-homicide juvenile Eighth Amendment
Kennedy v. Louisiana	07-343	04/16/2008	06/25/2008	Louisiana Supreme Court	5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	Sentencing Eighth Amendment death penalty child rape

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