This rather short-worded amendment is nonetheless an extremely relevant amendment to this country. This one in particular protects citizens of this nation from punishments or restrictions that are unnecessary or overboard. In the Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia the court decided that capital punishment does not violate this amendment iff (not a typo, check out what iff means here) three requirements are met. They are:
- The jury must be impartial
- The jury has been allowed to hear all mitigating circumstances and family pleas
- The jury has not been coerced to hand down a decision
If these three stipulations are met, a jury can pass a sentence of capital punishment. What do you think about this? Should capital punishment be legal in the United States? What about the death penalty? I'm a supporter of the death penalty but I also think that there needs to be drastic changes to the methods utilized and the efficacy of the process. Let me know what YOU think in the comments below.
This execution might be more effective than some electric chairs out there.
Where does your state fall in the spectrum? Do you support it?
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