The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Kenyon, 519 F.2d 1229 (9th Cir. 1975):
5 Because of our disposition of the Fifth Amendment issues, we need not decide whether imposition of the consecutive special parole terms of life constituted cruel and unusual punishment proscribed by the Eighth Amendment. This question is pending in other litigation before the court. United States v. Rivera-Marquez, No. 74-3061, argued April 4, 1975.
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