Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit gratuitous infliction of wanton and unnecessary pain?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kershaw v. Cate, CASE NO. 1:11-cv-00763-LJO-SKO PC (E.D. Cal. 2012):
treatment which amounts to gratuitous infliction of wanton and unnecessary pain is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Id. at 738 (citing Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 842, 114 S.Ct. 1970 (1994)) (quotation marks omitted).
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