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).
10 Cases that Violated the Eighth Amendment Banning Excessive Bail and Punishment. The Eighth Amendment bans âexcessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.â Here are 10 cases that involve violations of the Eighth Amendment as recorded by the US Supreme Court Center. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian decided to go to Cyprus in 1994 to pay his debts.