What is the current state of the law in respect of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cavalier v. Cnty. of San Diego, Civil No. 14cv1691-WQH (DHB) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits punishment that involves the "unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 103 (1976) (quoting Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, 173 (1976)). This principle "establish[es] the government's obligation to provide medical care for those whom it is punishing by
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