Cruel & Unusual

A Boise, Idaho, ordinance making it a crime for people to sleep on public property violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment since it’s unfair to prosecute people who have no home or shelter to go to, the Ninth Circuit <strong><a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/09/04/15-35845.pdf">ruled</a></strong> Tuesday.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Boise, Idaho, ordinance making it a crime for people to sleep on public property violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment since it’s unfair to prosecute people who have no home or shelter to go to, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

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