1.Introduction
The Bill of Rights is the common name for the first ten amendments in the U.S. The Bill of Rights is something that every Citizen has to follow and understand. The Bill Of Rights was inspired by Jefferson and written by James Madison in September 17, 1787. These amendments were made in December 15, 1791 which is now part of the constitution. Ten of the amendments were confirmed and the other two were still unconfirmed . I will be speaking of the 8th amendment which means prohibiting the federal government from imposing cruel and unusual punishment. This amendment means to protect the citizens from the government giving them too hard of penalties for the crime and also the punishment has to fit the crime. For example, in 1993 Christopher Simmons was sentenced death in 1993 when he was 17 years old because he tried to commit burglary and murder by breaking and entering a …show more content…
One thing that many people don 't agree and strongly think shouldn 't exist anymore is the death penalty.The death penalty is the “punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime”. These people believe that every person should be given one more chance before being sentenced to the death penalty..Regardless,people believe the death penalty should not exist because there are other punishments that can be taken place. In the article Death Penalty by Amnesty International explains how everyday, people are executed by the state as punishment for a variety of crimes. In this quote, “We have been working to end executions since 1977, when only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Today, the number has risen to 140 - nearly two-thirds of countries around the world .We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere.” This means that the majority of people do not want the death penalty to exist because most countries still have the death
The Bill of Rights is the common name for the first ten amendments in the U.S. The Bill of Rights is something that every Citizen has to follow and understand. The Bill Of Rights was inspired by Jefferson and written by James Madison in September 17, 1787. These amendments were made in December 15, 1791 which is now part of the constitution. Ten of the amendments were confirmed and the other two were still unconfirmed . I will be speaking of the 8th amendment which means prohibiting the federal government from imposing cruel and unusual punishment. This amendment means to protect the citizens from the government giving them too hard of penalties for the crime and also the punishment has to fit the crime. For example, in 1993 Christopher Simmons was sentenced death in 1993 when he was 17 years old because he tried to commit burglary and murder by breaking and entering a …show more content…
One thing that many people don 't agree and strongly think shouldn 't exist anymore is the death penalty.The death penalty is the “punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime”. These people believe that every person should be given one more chance before being sentenced to the death penalty..Regardless,people believe the death penalty should not exist because there are other punishments that can be taken place. In the article Death Penalty by Amnesty International explains how everyday, people are executed by the state as punishment for a variety of crimes. In this quote, “We have been working to end executions since 1977, when only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Today, the number has risen to 140 - nearly two-thirds of countries around the world .We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere.” This means that the majority of people do not want the death penalty to exist because most countries still have the death