Tempesta v. Warren

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• “[I]mprisonment . . . for life, for the nonpayment of [a] fine, . . . is a cruel and unusual punishment.”
• embezzlement of $288.426 punished by a fine of double that amount or imprisonment in county jail for 288,426 days (i.e., 790 years); State ex rel. Garvey v. Whitaker (1896) 48 La.Ann. 527 [19 So. 457] (fine of $720 or 2,160 days (i.e., nearly 6 years
• embezzlement of $288,426 punished by a fine of double that amount or imprisonment in county jail for 288,426 days (i.e., 790 years); State ex rel. Garvey v. Whitaker (1896) 48 La. Ann. 527 [19 So. 457] (fine of $720 or 2,160 days (i.e., nearly 6 years

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