The long term of imprisonment of innocent people in the USA is disturbing and perhaps if I was on the Supreme Court I would ave allowed it.  But. It sounds like the 8th amendment applies to events after conviction, even if you&#x27;re not guilty.  So the letter of the law has been applied.<p>Put it this way; if the law is never <i>wrong</i> because you can rely on the good people on the Supreme Court to fix things, then the law will never be changed.<p>(btw, I didn&#x27;t downvote you at any time)