Assertion: helm's sentence | /r/CapableOf | violate the eighth amendment
Facets:
value: in the circumstances of this case
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The Court noted that "it is a precept of justice that punishment for crime should be graduated and proportioned to offense," id. at 217 U. S. 367, and held that the sentence violated the Eighth Amendment.
text: The only issue before us is whether, in the circumstances of this case and in light of the constitutional principle of proportionality, the sentence imposed on this respondent violates the Eighth Amendment.
text: There a United States District Court held that a 40-year sentence for the possession of nine ounces of marihuana violated the Eighth Amendment.