The most popular programs for the Eighth Amendment Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=435 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 27 May 2013 02:57:14 GMT Kara Gotsch talked about the Supreme Court ruling requiring California to reduce its prison population, and the potential national implications of the decision. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Some of the topics brought up in viewer calls included the number of illegal aliens in California prisons, and the number of people jailed for more minor offenses such as failure to pay child support. Ms. Gotsch also spoke with a member of a union that represents federal prison workers nationwide who shared his experiences working with inmates in the federal prison system. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299746-3 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299746-3 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Dinerstein talked about a case being heard in the U.S. Supreme Court that focused on whether mentally retarded defendants can be executed, or whether this is an infringement of the Eighth Amendment. He responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168756-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168756-2 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Supreme Court heard oral argument in [Baze v. Rees]. The Court will decide if the lethal injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row have such a high probability of inflicting unnecessary pain that it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Two inmates, Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling, challenged Kentucky's three-drug lethal injection protocol as violating the Eighth Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment. John D. Rees was the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The question before the Court is whether the combination of drugs causes a risk of unnecessary pain and suffering. This program contained audio released by the court immediately after the arguments were presented with still images of participants as they spoke. Justice Thomas did not speak. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202808-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202808-1 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Telephone lines were open for comments on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's assertion that life-long death row sentences are cruel and unusual punishment. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302439-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302439-2 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT On the twentieth anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court case [McCleskey v. Kemp] a panel of legal scholars discussed the legacy of the McCleskey decision and whether it ultimately created an impenetrable barrier to the use of statistics in the context of the death penalty. The symposium also addressed the social, historical and statistical connection between race and the death penalty and the problem of unconscious racism. Professor Jones moderated. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/197237-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/197237-1 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Witnesses testified about the application of the federal death penalty. Topics included federal jurisdiction in a locality such as Puerto Rico that has outlawed capital punishment, the Department of Justice review process, racial disparities, due process, physical evidence, and constitutional principles. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/199449-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/199449-1 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Kevin Ranlett talked about the recent Supreme Court decision that the death penalty for child rape violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/205696-3 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/205696-3 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Matthew Delorenzo and Josiah Vega's video, [The Great Debate], was one of the second prize middle school winners in C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam documentary contest. They are eighth graders at Elysian Middle School in Hoboken, New Jersey. The local cable company was Cablevision. C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary focusing on the significance of any provision of the U.S. Constitution. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304715-17 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304715-17 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Matthew Delorenzo and was interviewed about the video he made with Josiah Vega , [The Great Debate]. The film was one of the middle school section second prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam documentary contest. They are eighth graders at Elysian Middle School in Hoboken, New Jersey. The local cable company was Cablevision. C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary focusing on the significance of any provision of the U.S. Constitution. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304716-17 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304716-17 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Telephone lines were open for comments on the Supreme Court 5-4 decision that California must reduce its prison population. The ruling is based on the premise that California's overcrowded prisons are in violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299664-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299664-2 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Telephone lines were open for comments on the Supreme Court 5-4 decision that California must reduce its prison population. The ruling is based on the premise that California's overcrowded prisons are in violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299664-101 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299664-101 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Johnson and Mr. Thompson discussed [Harmelin v. Michigan], an Eighth Amendment challenge to a Michigan statute that gives a life sentence without parole for possession of cocaine above 650 grams. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14936-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14936-1 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the applicability of federal criminal laws to the interrogation of detainees. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments on whether Central Intelligence Agency violated a court order by destroying tapes of interrogations. Elisa Massimino testified before the Judiciary Committee and talked about the possibility of the CIA obstructing of justice. She talked about the possible use of torture by the U.S. government on detainees. She answered questions from callers. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202421-3 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202421-3 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT