Rummel v. Estelle, No. 78-6386 (U.S. Supreme Court) (445 U.S. 263; 100 S.Ct. 1133) (March 18, 1980) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case, the Court held that it did not violate the Eighth Amendment for a State to sentence a three-time offender to life in prison with the possibility of parole. The defendant, Rummel, was sentenced to a lengthy prison term under a recidivism statute. Rummel's two prior offenses were ...
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