The Good Old 8th Amendment
The Bill of Rights was written on September 25,1791 by James Madison,he was 0ne of the youngest Continental Congress members. The Bill of Rights was made for Americans and to give them Freedom.The 8th Amendment has some controversy because people still ask if the death penalty should still be allowed.The 8th Amendment is one of the top amendments that people do not agree with.
The 8th Amendment is Cruel and Unusual punishments. If you go to court for doing something wrong they can give you cruel and unusual punishment for it which causes controversy. It allows the judge to set bail and not to set excessive bail.The reason why this amendment was written because there was a man named Titus Oates who lied and caused …show more content…
The website, Death Penalty Info, provides a lot of information about the cost of the death penalty. California taxpayers don’t like it because it 's cost 4 billion dollars since 1978. Instead of using the 4 Billion dollars to kill worthless human beings the state of California could have used it to improve their education system and help their students get the best education they possibly can. One thing is for sure taxpayers would rather have their taxes go towards education instead of people on death …show more content…
There is some good things that the 8 amendment has done but it mostly negative because it has not brought crime or murder rate down over the years. Death row shouldn’t even exist anymore because they do not execute as many people as they use to before so that starts a lot of arguments because of money involvement to maintain the prisoners stable in prison. The 8th Amendment still has a long way to come even though it 's been around for a long time it still need improvements to make this country the safest and well balanced it could possibly can be so people won 't have a lot of controversy against the death penalty and the punishments prisoners get while incarcerated so they can be well punished but not in a inhumane way. Death Row could still be around but they have to find a way to make less costly and improve the way to use so the bad people of this country could see what they 'll face if they commit anything harmful or deadly to another human
The Bill of Rights was written on September 25,1791 by James Madison,he was 0ne of the youngest Continental Congress members. The Bill of Rights was made for Americans and to give them Freedom.The 8th Amendment has some controversy because people still ask if the death penalty should still be allowed.The 8th Amendment is one of the top amendments that people do not agree with.
The 8th Amendment is Cruel and Unusual punishments. If you go to court for doing something wrong they can give you cruel and unusual punishment for it which causes controversy. It allows the judge to set bail and not to set excessive bail.The reason why this amendment was written because there was a man named Titus Oates who lied and caused …show more content…
The website, Death Penalty Info, provides a lot of information about the cost of the death penalty. California taxpayers don’t like it because it 's cost 4 billion dollars since 1978. Instead of using the 4 Billion dollars to kill worthless human beings the state of California could have used it to improve their education system and help their students get the best education they possibly can. One thing is for sure taxpayers would rather have their taxes go towards education instead of people on death …show more content…
There is some good things that the 8 amendment has done but it mostly negative because it has not brought crime or murder rate down over the years. Death row shouldn’t even exist anymore because they do not execute as many people as they use to before so that starts a lot of arguments because of money involvement to maintain the prisoners stable in prison. The 8th Amendment still has a long way to come even though it 's been around for a long time it still need improvements to make this country the safest and well balanced it could possibly can be so people won 't have a lot of controversy against the death penalty and the punishments prisoners get while incarcerated so they can be well punished but not in a inhumane way. Death Row could still be around but they have to find a way to make less costly and improve the way to use so the bad people of this country could see what they 'll face if they commit anything harmful or deadly to another human