Essay On The 8th Amendment

One of the most important and controversial part of the Eighth Amendment is the cruel and unusual clause. Not only because it is focused on the death penalty. When think about the cruel and unusual punishment clause you can think about how it is measured and what are the types of punishments that are considered to be unusual. Throughout the year the procedures of the capital punishment has changed depending on what was considered to be a violation to the Eight Amendment. This not only affect the people who are being sentenced for capital punishment, but the people that are in the team of execution. The methods of the punishment have changed over the years. Most of them have been classified as cruel and unusual punishment. In 1623, hanging was the primary method of execution was adapted to the United States from Britain. The first hanging that took place was a man named Daniel Frank in Jamestown Colony for theft. It was the first hanging to take place as being part of the British North American Colonies. Back in that time people were not taken into consideration. They did not talk the procedures to make the death as unpainful. In …show more content…
In these pass years a form of executing has been using lethal injection. This takes three drug in order to get the method to work. The first drug used is Sodium Thiopental it is used to induce unconsciousness. The second drug is Pancoronium Bromide it is used to cause muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest. The last one is Potassium Chlorid this drug is used to make the hear stop. Today thirty-two states have this method as the death penalty. The person inserting the injection has to be a doctor. The doctors have to be specialized in order to inject inmates. Medical ethics limit doctors to be a part of the execution. Many do not believe I the taking of another person since they were to take an oath that they would do their best to save