Army ROTC scholarships pay up to full tuition and fees, $1,200 per year for books, and a monthly stipend. Widener University also provides a generous room and board incentive to scholarship winners.
Two key cases affecting corrections coincide with the revitalization of the Eighth Amendment attendant to controversies about the death penalty, three strikes sentences for a nonviolent third offense, and life sentences for first-time minor drug offenders.n the second case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit found an Eighth Amendment violation in Michigan's policy of terminating inmate visits as a means of punishing substance abuse violations (Bazetta v. McGinnis, 2002).
Passed by Congress: 25 September 1789Ratified: 15 December 1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. The Eighth Amendment returns to the themes of the Fifth and Sixth, targeting potential abuses of the criminal justice system.The Eighth bans cruel and unusual punishments for crimes, and also prohibits excessive bail and fines.assed by Congress: 25 September 1789Ratified: 15 December 1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. The Eighth Amendment returns to the themes of the Fifth and Sixth, targeting potential abuses of the criminal justice system.