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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Moss.

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1 People v. Moss Anchor
ill · 2003
green “cruel, degrading, or so wholly disproportionate to the offense committed as to shock the moral sense of the community.” 10
2 People v. Moss
ill · 2003
green “conduct that creates a less serious threat to the public health and safety is punished more severely.” 6
3 People v. Graves
ill · 2003
green “a duty to construe a statute in a manner that upholds its validity and constitutionality if it reasonably can be done.” 5

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