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Nope. The US justice system is simply insane, and I've no idea what will bring it back.

• davorak 13y ago
  > Nope. I am missing a legal nuance? It seems like a challenge along these lines is possible but unlikely to go very far.
  • alexeisadeski3 13y ago
    It's possible in the sense that you can submit anything you want. It's not possible in the sense that it'll be dismissed out of hand.
  • nknighthb 13y ago
    The Supreme Court has upheld three strikes laws that put people in prison for life for low-value non-violent thefts. No number of years for a crime, no matter how minor, seems to be too much. The only challenges that succeed are challenges to unusual applications of the death penalty.