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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Ewing_v._California
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gptkbp:citation
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538 U.S. 11
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gptkbp:date
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March 5, 2003
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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01-6978
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Gary_Ewing_v._California
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gptkbp:heldBy
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California's three-strikes law sentence of 25 years to life for felony theft did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gary Ewing v. California
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment
gptkb:Three-strikes_law
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Chief_Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Gary_Ewing
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gptkbp:plotSummary
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The Supreme Court upheld a lengthy prison sentence under California's three-strikes law for a repeat offender convicted of felony theft.
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:State_of_California
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gptkbp:stateLawInvolved
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gptkb:California_Penal_Code
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:crime
sentencing
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ewing_v._California
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