Amendment+8+(3)

The eight amendment say that there should be no excessive bail or fines. bail is money or property given to the court saying you will come back to court the day of your trail. The bigger your crime, the higher the bail will be. If you don’t have the money for bail you can get a bail bondsman. A bondsman will provide the money for your bail, for a fee.

The eight amendments also states no cruel and unusual punishments can be inflicted. Today the states use the gas chamber, lethal injection, hanging, firing squad, or the electric chair. In 2006 53 people were kill on death row only in the untied states. And only 38 states use capitol punishment, but out of those 38 only 14 have done it in the past. In (1878), the Supreme Court said that [|drawing and quartering] , public [|dissecting] , [|burning alive] , or [|disemboweling] would constitute cruel and unusual punishment regardless of the crime. in 2005 they changed the law to say that you must be 18 to get the death sentence.

-The Supreme Court declared executing the [|mentally handicapped] in //[|Atkins v. Virginia]//, 536 [|U.S.] [|304](2002), and executing people who were under age 18 in //[|Roper v. Simmons]//, 543 [|U.S.] [|551] (2005) , to be violations of the Eighth Amendment, regardless of the crime. - In  // [|Furman v. Georgia] //,  408 [|U.S.]  [|238] (1972)  , [|Justice Brennan] wrote, "There are, then, four principles by which we may determine whether a particular punishment is 'cruel and unusual'."
 * The "essential predicate" is "that a punishment must not by its severity be degrading to human dignity," especially [|torture].
 * "A severe punishment that is obviously inflicted in wholly arbitrary fashion."
 * "A severe punishment that is clearly and totally rejected throughout society."
 * "A severe punishment that is patently unnecessary."

Many debates go on about the death penalty: Criminals should pay for their crimes. Taxpayers should not pay for the most horrific criminals to live out the rest of their lives behind bars. Most Americans believe in capital punishment. Polls taken in late 2006 report that two-thirds of Americans support the death penalty people for convicted of murder. This figure has remained level for nearly a decade. Some people believe that capital punishment should not happen because it cost twice as much as life in jail, and the death penalty doesn’t reverse the crimes. They also believe it’s not and effective way to handle the problems.