Death_Penalty

Death Penalty You can only say its cruel punishment if it excesses the crime. When someone is executed it is done in a painless manner. You can’t say this for their victims, many of them suffered some kind of pain or fear before their death. I believe that when they commit such a crime they are giving up all their human rights. Just as they had taken all the rights from their victims. The eighth amendment in the constitution states, “ Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.” What this means is that the punishment should fit the crime. For example if someone was to rob a convenient store, they shouldn’t be sentenced to the death penalty. The death penalty also known as capital punishment is a controversial issue in every state, since every state has a different stance on capital punishment. Capital punishment has been around since the 17th century starting with England, which prescribed death for 14 offenses, but the American colonies impose the death sentence for fewer crimes. Then in 1636 the Massachusetts Bay Colony lists 13 crimes punishable by death, including adultery and witchcraft. In Pennsylvania death, penalty, punishment, case, court, circumstances, trial, state, sentence, oklahoma, mcveigh, states, murder, executed, capital, amendment, upon, should, convicted, say, evidence, eighth, crimes, believe, supreme, sentenced, nor, mitigating, later, inmates, first, excessive, each, degree, defendant