Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday.
Good thing there’s nothing in the Constitution about no cruel and unusual punishment. This is fine.
They actually ruled that it has to be cruel and unusual. Not just one or the other. It’s messed up.