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What did our founding fathers consider cruel and unusual punishment for death penalty crimes?
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∙ 8y ago
Beaten to death, put in a pen with wild, carnivorous animals, cutting off appendages a little at a time, "the rack", being tied to a post until death. In general, it would consist of any of the tortures that were used in European dungeons or a Roman Coliseum. Cruel and unusual did not only apply to death penalty, it also included torture to force confessions because it was recognized that with enough torture ANYONE could be forced to confess to ANY CRIME.
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My understanding was that, at that time, hanging was by far the most common method of capital punishment in the colonies, and later the United States. For quite a while before then, there had been a movement afoot to make capital punishment as humane as possible.
At the time, hanging was the quickest, most efficient, most humane, and least humiliating method of execution available. My guess is that they would view a method of execution as "cruel and unusual" if it was more painful and degrading than it needed to be, and/or simply inflicted pain for its own sake.
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What is the penalty of Japan's Emperor World War 2 what is his punishment?
No penalty
What is another name for the death penalty?
Capital punishment.
Is death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?
no, it someone done something to get them in that situation
Which amendment challenges the death penalty?
No amendment "challenges" the death penalty. The 8th Amendment has been used as a legal basis for challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty. The argument is that the 8th Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" and that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore is prohibited by the US Constitution. This argument was successful in earlier cases, not because the death penalty itself was cruel and unusual but because of the way it was administered. The death penalty is allowed if it is administered without racial or ethnic bias and in a non-cruel manner.
What state was the first state to abloish capital punishment?
Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1846 for crimes except treason, Rhode Island followed in 1852 and abolished the death penalty for all crimes (including treason). Michigan's death penalty statute was amended in the 1950s or 1960s to exclude the death penalty for treason.
What is meant by capital punishment?
That you are for capital punishment. So you would be pro death penalty or for the death penalty.
What is the opposite of penalty?
Reward is an antonym for penalty.
What is meant by pro capital punishment?
That you are for capital punishment. So you would be pro death penalty or for the death penalty.
What is the penalty of Japan's Emperor World War 2 what is his punishment?
No penalty
What is the antonym for nugget?
disadvantage, penalty, punishment
Philippines government transition?
anti- death penalty i am a anti death penalty... because death penalty is not a human punishment..
What is a penalty that is given for a perceived or real fault?
A punishment is a penalty that is given for a perceived or real fault.
Is there a difference between capital punishment and death penalty?
No
What is the Punishment for disobedience to a stop sign?
Death Penalty.
What is the term for death penalty?
execution, capital punishment
What is another name for the death penalty?
Capital punishment.
What is an antonym for the word rewarding?
penalty, punishment
