One of the most prevalent objections to the death penalty is its possible violation of the eighth amendment. According to the eighth amendment, the federal government is mandated not to inflict cruel and unusual punishment on its citizens. Some say that this barbaric practice of allowing the government to murder its citizens is not granted under our constitution. The death penalty has previously involved such cruel practices as shooting the convict to making the convict a conductor of electricity. How can we as a nation claim that this type of punishment is not cruel and unusual? Some claim that the methods used today are clearly not cruel because we, the society, allow these chemicals to work i

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