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8th Amendment
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The to the Constitution of the United
States prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, as well
as the setting of excessive bail or the imposition of
excessive fines. However, it has also been deemed
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United
States (according to the Eighth Amendment)to infl ....
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matter what the situation. Cruel and unusual punishment
is perceived as punishment that causes “an unnecessary
and wanton infliction of pain”. Punishments that have
been declared entirely unconstitutional without question
by the US Supreme Court include torture and loss of
citizenship. (Garraty 155) This interpretation is
demonstrated by the Supreme Court’s rulings in the case
of Gregg vs. Georgia, in 1976. In this case the court
upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty,
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