What is the current state of the law on decency and the Eighth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daveggio, 231 Cal.Rptr.3d 646, 4 Cal.5th 790, 415 P.3d 717 (Cal. 2018):
decency or the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. [Citation.]" ( People v. Clark (2011) 52 Cal.4th 856, 1008, 131 Cal.Rptr.3d 225, 261 P.3d 243.)
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