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Who wrote the eighth amendment?

Updated: 8/22/2023
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The 8th amendment was passed as part of the Bill of Rights in December of 1791. The state of Virginia was the first state to pass the law that cruel and unusual punishment can not be used on a prisoner in 1776.

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James Madison wrote the 8th amendment along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.

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