The case of declared the entire arkansas prison system "so inhumane as to be a violation of the eighth amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment."

Remark

There were two cases of Holt v Sarver that essentially put the 8th amendment to use. The first one and the second one sound like very little progress was made after the first ruling came down. We are not sure (or I could not find any further comment) on how effective the second case ruling was. However, these two cases were models for what was used in other states to prevent cruel and unusual punishment.

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~courtney

male citizens in athens could vote on all the decisions that affected the city and serve on juries. however, democracy was not open to everyone. citizen women and children were not allowed to vote. slaves and foreigners living in athens (known as metics) were banned from participating in government.