Helling v. McKinney

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1993-06-18

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Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Scalia joins, dissenting. Last Term, in Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U. S. 1 (1992), the Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the use of force that causes a prisoner only minor…

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