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February 14, 2011

8th Amendment – No cruel or unusual Punishment

Proposed: 9/25/1789

Ratified : 12/15/1791

Cruel and unusual punishment Excessive BailExcessive Fines

Cruel and unusual punishment is a statement implying that governments will not force suffering or humiliation on the condemned as punishment for crimes, in spite of their degree of harshness.

Fines are charged to someone who does something against the law, this is a form of punishment

Bail is cash that an arrested person gives to court to guarantee they will be in court, when directed to

The government would give excessive bail or fines because, just for simply not liking a person

Giving excessive fines is illegal, thanks to the eighth amendment

Hammurabi’s code is “Eye for an Eye” This means however bad your crime is, your punishment will be just as bad. We do not use this way of punishment.

Example:If you stab somebody's eye out, the

government will force you to loose and eye If you rob a bank, the government would have

your hand cut off

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Breaking WheelBoiling to DeathFlayingStoningExecution by burning

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The eight amendment originates from the English Bill of Rights.

Without the English Bill of Rights we wouldn’t have our eight amendment

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Anti-federalists insisted that the constitution have a eight amendment (No Cruel or Unusual Punishment).They were against the constitution without amendments like the eight amendment.

JailFinesCommunity Service

Most Muslim countries, they kill women by burying them up to their necks and stoning them

Using “eye for an eye” punishmentStoningCapital Punishment

Capital punishment is putting a person to death, it is known as the death penalty

Capital punishment is practiced in every society

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It is used to kill people todayThe Furman V Georgia case was about

making capital punishment illegal (1972)The Gregg V Georgia case was making capital

punishment legal

The states decide if they want their state to allow capital punishment.

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In New Jersey, (January 2008) the death penalty was repealed. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a measure repealing New Jersey’s death penalty , making the state the first in a generation to put an end to capital punishment.

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Washington- 9 sentenced 4 killed Wyoming-2 sentenced 1 killed Pennsylvania-226 sentenced 3 killedSouth Carolina-67 sentenced 37 killedSouth Dakota-4 sentenced 1 killedTennessee- 107 sentenced 4 killedTexas-393 sentenced 405 killedUtah-9 sentenced 6 killedVirginia-98 killed Etc.

Americans can now not get fined or punished for no reason.

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Without this amendment the government could do whatever they want to people without reason. The government could go around and fine people, just because they don’t like them. With this amendment people are fined or punished for something they did that was against the law. This amendment protects people from being hurt by the government.

I think this amendment is very important to America. When someone breaks the law they get what they deserve, but not excessively. On a rate through 1-10 I give this amendment a 10. I give it a 10 because its so important for people to be secure without the government fining or punishing them for no reason.

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