Arthur O’Derrell Franklin of Jacksonville was sentenced to three millenniums behind bars for raping and torturing three women, and the Florida Supreme Court struggled to decide whether that violated the Eighth Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

The justices upheld Franklin’s prison term 4-3, ruling that it didn’t violate the U.S. Constitution because he’s still eligible for release — in the year 2352.

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