Number 8

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."



The excessive bail and fines imposed protects the minor offenders. This is so that someone speeding doesn't get a $1500 fine for doing 10 mph over. Thankfully we have this amendment or we would suffer financially from fines and bails that are excessively unneccesary.

Cruel and unusual punishment ban is an absolute neccessity for a just system. If you steal a candy bar and the store clerk breaks your finger for it this is a cruel punishment for something that could have been settled monetarily.

Do you consider the electric chair cruel and unusual punishment?

This article talks about the supreme court ruling it unconstitutional.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Personally I agree with this. I am not against the death penalty but I don't believe in torture. I understand why many may believe in the "eye for an eye" methods. If someone tortures and kills another then they should have a slow agonizing death...I can understand why someone would agree but torturing another doesn't bring back the souls that were lost. I think that a more humane death penalty would be more productive for the heinous criminals that deserve the death penalty.