Supreme Court will decide on whether it's a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available

Sleeping, like eating, peeing, and pooping, is required to stay alive. On April 22nd, the Supreme Court will hear a landmark case on whether to criminalize survival.

It's up to the justices to decide if criminalizing behaviors like sleeping in public when someone is homeless and has no other option violates the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. — Read the rest

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