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Question by  clint (12)

Why is the eighth amendment important?

 
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Answer by  JB28 (285)

The eighth amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishments. This helps ensure that people are punished in proportion to the crime committed. The punishment must fit the crime.

 
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Answer by  tamarawilhite (17883)

The eighth amendment of the United States Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishments. This originally included quartering, guillotine, suffocation, and cruel acts that caused a victim to bleed to death.

 
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