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Final answer:
The U.S. Supreme Court first indicated that the Eighth Amendment's criteria evolve with societal standards in 'Trop v. Dulles,' deeming denationalization as punishment cruel and unusual.
Explanation:
The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court first stated that the requirements of the Eighth Amendment would change with "evolving standards of decency" is Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958). In this landmark case, the Court ruled that stripping a person of their U.S. citizenship as a punishment for desertion was cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. It was during this ruling that the Court acknowledged that the Eighth Amendment's standards should reflect the society's evolving standards of decency. Later, significant cases such as Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia further addressed the application of the death penalty in light of these evolving standards.
