what is the impact of the eighth amendment on corrections
Two key cases affecting corrections coincide with the revitalization of the Eighth Amendment attendant to controversies about the death penalty, three strikes sentences for a nonviolent third offense, and life sentences for first-time minor drug offenders.n the second case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit found an Eighth Amendment violation in Michigan's policy of terminating inmate visits as a means of punishing substance abuse violations (Bazetta v. McGinnis, 2002).