Assertion: convict's sentence | /r/CapableOf | conflict with the ban
Facets:
value: in the eighth amendment
type: OTHER
value: to the u.s. constitution
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Notably, the U.S. Supreme Court has on several occasions upheld lengthy sentences for petty theft including life with the possibility of parole and 50 years to life and stated that neither sentence conflicted with the ban on "cruel and unusual punishment" in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.