The Eighth Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" and the Fourteenth Amendment requires "the equal protection of the laws" for all inhabitants. ... The Fifth Amendment is proof that the death penalty is a legitimate punishment. The Constitution "binds" us until it is amended and the death penalty is constitutional. ... Many argue that the death penalty's retributive benefits are worth the costs. ... (Radelet and Borg) Retribution is a non-empirical justification and there are no mathematical formulas available or on the horizons that can tell us precisely how much of a gi...

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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 can this innocent man be put to death in a system based on fairness, and a theory of innocent until proven guilty. There have been circumstances such as this, that were said to be true. ... Many people were deeply troubled by this issue. While there was physical evidence linking to the rape and murder of his sister-in-law, the case was built with weakness that caused many to question his guilt. ... This meant that the death penalty was in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to our constitution. ...

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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 people believe the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which deprives humans their rights to due process. ... With that being said my mission is to prove how the death penalty corrupts the system and how our system would benefit from its eradication. ... In other words, the government is not allowed to deny any US citizens of their rights they have when they are on trial, which are clearly stated throughout the constitution. ... " This proof innocent human have lost there lives due to the system. ... Many of these types of cases are sta...

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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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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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In 1999 there were only two hangings and one death by firing squad. 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. ...

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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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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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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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