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No Specific Intent Required for 8th Amendment Claim

Loaded on March 15, 1996 published in Prison Legal News March, 1996, page 17
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Shootings, Qualified Immunity, Death Row. Location: Nevada.
The ninth circuit has held that for prison guards to violate the eighth amendment's ban on excessive force they need only have an intent to cause harm and do not need an intent to harm a specific, individual prisoner. This right was clearly established and guards were not entitled to ...

 

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