Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual Punishment
“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted”(World Book Encyclopedia). According to the eighth amendment, “cruel and unusual punishment” is not permitted in the United States of America. Doesn’t the Death Penalty fall under the category of “cruel and unusual punishment? ... ” The Death Penalty started a long while ago. ... “Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement” ( http://www. ... In the early 18th Century, you could be given the death penalty for, say, cutting down a tree, or stealing a piece of bread. By the 19th Century, the death penalty was eliminated from over one hundred crimes punishable by death.