What is Cruel and Unusual
Cruel and unusual, these two words have caused much debate on the issue of capital punishment. In the eighth amendment it states that cruel and unusual punishment should not be inflected. But what does cruel and unusual mean? Cruel means "causing pain and suffering" and the word unusual means "not usual; beyond the ordinary; not in common use; uncommon". So cruel and unusual punishment means to cause pain and suffering in an uncommon way. In different situations, what is considered cruel and unusual in one case may not be so in another. When this amendment was written, it couldn't have been to get rid of capital punishment, because it was practiced in those days. Years ago, the common methods were hangings or firing squads. Since 1976, one person has been executed by a firing squad and two people legally hanged. But times are changing and so is the view of capital punishment being cruel and unusual.
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