Harmelin v. Michigan
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harmelin-v-michigan-291-7298385
title:
Harmelin v. Michigan
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Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957 (1991), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause allowed a state to impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the possession of 672 grams (23.70 oz) of cocaine. The Court's narrow ruling left a major question of Eighth Amendment law unresolved. Since the Court's decision in Gregg v.
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1991 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmelin_v._Michigan
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2024-03-29T23:26:27Z
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