How B-17 investigated the state of the Eighth AmendmentWe analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been dramatically weakened.

How B-17 investigated the state of the Eighth AmendmentWe analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been dramatically weakened.

The William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas. In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of Supreme Court decisions…