#eighth-amendment

#eighth-amendment

A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out President Donald Trump's massive civil fraud penalty while upholding a judge's finding that he exaggerated his wealth for decades. The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership for a few years. The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House.

Alabama was the first state to perform an execution with nitrogen hypoxia, in which nitrogen gas is administered through a mask to cause unconsciousness and death. It has now executed five people using the method. Louisiana has also used nitrogen hypoxia once, with a second prisoner who was set to be executed in March dying of natural causes three weeks before the scheduled execution date.

Five transgender plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Georgia corrections officials regarding a new law that prevents them from receiving gender-affirming medical care. The lawsuit claims this law violates the Eighth Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiffs represent nearly 300 incarcerated individuals in Georgia prisons, arguing that the law has catastrophic consequences and forces trans individuals to detransition against their will.

Black's lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could attempt to shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering during the execution.

Cecilia Reyes' "Locked Out" investigation highlighted illegal evictions across America, uncovering police inaction and little tenant recourse, critical revelations on landlord impunity.