How can we as a nation claim that this type of punishment is not cruel and unusual? ... However, there is a counter-argument to the eighth amendment discussion. According to many, capital punishment was not considered "cruel and unusual" during the writing of the Constitution. ... He is giving instructions on how to murder, and we are allowing this monster to do all of this. ... Those who say that death is a harsh punishment neglect many issues. ...

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How do capital punishment supporters respond to these arguments? ... The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, condemning cruel and unusual punishment, is used to protest capital punishment. ... Many of the framers of the constitution endorsed capital punishment, as did philosophers from which the constitution draws from. ... How can murder not be immoral? ... So how can the constitution be brought into this argument, since the articles make no mention of capital punishment? ...

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Many individuals feel that the death penalty is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in regards to it being "cruel and unusual" punishment. ... The Fifth Amendment states that no person shall be deprived of life "without the due process of law" (Law, 2002). ... It is clear to see that the death penalty is reinforced by the Constitution (acknowledged as an option for punishment in the Fifth Amendment and defined in its parameters in the Eighth Amendment) as long as it (lethal injection) is implemented in a consistent manner, and throughout all the Unit...

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The argument against is based on love and justice and the nature of an ideal community in which forgiveness reigns and the hope for redemption and that it is a violation of the 8th and 14th amendments to the constitution. ... Their reason for this decision was that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. ... There are some that will say that this is not true at all. There are many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. ... How can murder not be immoral? ...

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Many minutes after it started it stops, a murder has taken place. ... Georgia that the death penalty was unconstitutional because it was a form of cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. ... Officials claim that this punishment is not cruel and unusual, but how can they defend this in the case of John Evans who was executed by electrocution in 1983? ... In addition to this execution, there have been many others like it where they have repeatedly punctured the inmate because of bad-veins or them being drug addicts. ... There are many reasons for and against capital punishment; ...

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The convicted sometimes have the opportunity to decide how they wish to be executed, which was the case in these three executions. ... There have been cases where innocent people have been executed. ... Constitution under Amendment 8 it states that cruel and unusual punishment shall not be inflicted upon a lawbreaker. ... Constitution. ... There is no doubt that someone can do more alive than dead. ...

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There is much supporting economic evidence against the death penalty. However, there is matching evidence to support it. ... Death sentence were carried out for many offenses. ... How is the sentence carried out? In the past the death sentence was carried out in many "cruel and unusual- ways. ...

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Many Americans share the same attitude that the convicted must pay for his misdeeds to society. ... Americans seek that justice is done and to seek this justice, many turn to the death penalty. ... Many people that opposed the death penalty saw this as a violation of the Eighth Amendment, which states that " cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted. " Still, the electric chair eventually became the most popular method of execution in the United States, with 26 states using it by 1951. However, soon new methods were invented and many states began to replace the electric ch...

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For many, it is interpreted simply as revenge. ... But is this really how the verse was meant to be interpreted? For too many people in this country, the answer is "yes."" ... Secondly, there are many industrialized societies with much lower crime rates who do not use capital punishment. ... Along with 6 minor executions there are many more controversial topics involved with capital punishment. ...

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Punishment there have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. ... There is absolutely no way to prove, with any certainty, how many would-be murderers were in fact deterred from killing (Carrington 82). ... The state does not know how to rehabilitate people because there are plenty of convicted murderers who kill again. ... There are countless stories in prisons where a violent inmate kills another for his dinner. ... The execution of innocent peo...

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For many, the response to crimes of a violent nature is calls to "get tough on crime". ... (Opas, P.1996) There's a big problem with this logic. ... However these anomalies were swept away with the passing of the Crimes (Death Penalty Abolition) Amendment Act, 1985. ... There won't be any protest from Australia". ... In Queensland, for example, in the decade prior to the abolition of capital punishment (1912-21), there were 131 murders, whereas in the decade following abolition (1923-32) there were 129 murders. ...

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(Smith 235) The death penalty has been the subject of many debates over its ethics, practicality, and legality. In order to understand how the left-wing abolitionist views the issue of capital punishment, one must have knowledge of how the opposition defends the death penalty. ... (University of Alaska) There are several chief qualms with the death penalty that encapsulate the opinions of those of the left wing. ... (Bedau) "[T]he eighth amendment's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment mandates that the state, even when it undertakes to punish an individual who has tra...

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