Many people are not familiar how Constitutions are interpreted to justify our current laws. Moreover, many people don't know Constitution played an important role of shaping moral values in our society. Therefore, I decided to write a topic I learned about in that class, so others can also how Constitution deal with important issues in our society. ... The Eighth Amendment is in the Constitution that was modified shortly after American Revolution. ... Then we need to understand why the framers of constitution consist this term in this Amendment. ...

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Opponents believe that there is no deterrent factor, it is inherently cruel and the risk for wrongful conviction is too great. ... " - It is a punishment originally understood by the Framers of the Constitution to be cruel and unusual - There is societal consensus that the punishment offends civilized standards of human decency... In the 1980's, the Supreme Court was repeatedly asked to rule on whether the execution of a juvenile offender was permissible under the Constitution. ... Missouri, the Supreme Court expressly held, in a 5-4 decision, that the eighth amendment does not prohibit...

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Even those who framed the Constitution, specifically the Fifth Amendment, approved of it though implicitly (McCord and Latzer 9). ... It has taken many harmful elements off the streets besides acting as a deterrent for both the convicted criminals and other potential murderers out there. ... Indeed, there is no course more worthy than saving innocent lives. ... Though the idea might have been good at the time, murder is murder, and justice must not be weakened by assuming how others think. ... At the time the U.S constitution was drafted, the death penalty was widely accepted and does not qual...

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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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