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What specific part of the constitution did this amendment change? 

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What specific part of the constitution did this amendment change? 

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The 8th amendment was added to the constitution to outlaw the federal government from forcing unduly bad punishments on criminal accused, either as the price for obtaining pretrial release or as punishment for crime after conviction.

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What impact did this amendment have on U.S life? What were the cultural or political impacts of the new law?

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What impact did this amendment have on U.S life? What were the cultural or political impacts of the new law?

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Many lives in the U.S have changed because of the 8th amendment. Many people have been wrongly convicted and put into the death penalty. Some Cultures don't believe in certain types of sacrifice as a consequence and that could've been one impact.

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What purpose did this amendment serve? Why  did it need to be in the Constitution? What problem was it supposed to solve?

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What purpose did this amendment serve? Why  did it need to be in the Constitution? What problem was it supposed to solve?

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The amendment was made to protect the people that did bad things to have a chance, and it makes the government less powerful so they won’t be overpowered.  The eighth amendment was passed because the government they were  trying to stop the government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

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How is The Constitution a Living Document

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How is The Constitution a Living Document

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In lots of court cases we still use the 10 amendments to protect people's constitutional rights. Some people believe that we should do everything the people who wrote the amendments did, but today is in the modern day and we interpret things differently as our society changes. Meaning we should use these amendments differently but still use them. To this day the constitution is still used everywhere, to prove if you are guilty or not. For example, you don’t want to give someone a crucial or unfair punishment depending on what they did, so that’s why there is the 8th amendment and still breathing.

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What is The Historical Background of This Amendment 

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What is The Historical Background of This Amendment 

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Before this amendment was added to the Bill of Rights, it was ratified. Back then there was unfair punishment to people who didn’t do anything wrong. In court people still to today face the death penalty.  In 1972 they made the death penalty unconstitutional, but after a while they made the death penalty okay. Over the years so many people went through death penalty and there has been many people debating over if it is right or not. North Carolina hasn’t had someone go through the death penalty in more than 1 year. Each state is very different. This topic is debatable because when you put someone through the death penalty you really don’t know if they are guilty or innocent.