Look at http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Baze_v._Rees
Then listen to podcast if you want at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/podcasts/faculty/scotus/080416_berman_baze.mp3 //
and summary of case - http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/podcasts/faculty/scotus/Berman%20Baze%20argument%20summary.MP3 //
Read the case at http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-5439.ZC1.html
then you can answer the questions on the 8th amendment.
good luck.
prof J. //