https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9 Bails, fines, punishments en-us 2022-12-20 14:50:08 UTC 2023-01-06 14:51:23 UTC hello@padlet.com samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426728701 Furman v. Georgia, 408 US 238, was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court struck down all existing legal constructions for the death penalty in the United States. It was a 5-4 decision, with each member of the majority writing a separate opinion.

On July 29, 1972, the United States Supreme Court vacated three death penalty sentences in the case of Furman v. Georgia. the court found that 'the imposition and execution of the death penalty in these cases constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments.']]> 2022-12-21 14:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426728701 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426731537 The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights.]]> 2022-12-21 14:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426731537 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426733681 It is not just criminal sentences themselves that are subject to the cruel and unusual test; the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual provision has been used to challenge prison conditions such as extremely unsanitary cells, overcrowding, insufficient medical care and deliberate failure by officials to protect inmates ...]]> 2022-12-21 14:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426733681 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426737609 this amendment is very important for all of us because it protects us against fines, inhumane punishments, for example the death penalty.

It is understood that with this important article of the amendment, it defends us against excessive fines, inhumane punishments for mistakes you make, among many other things.

Can you imagine that this article did not exist? Cruelty in this world would be infamous because for such a serious or minimal error they can punish you in a cruel and unforgettable way.]]> 2022-12-21 14:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426737609 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426738550 The Supreme Court, acting 7 years later, deemed such treatment to violate the Eight Amendment. Put another way, if we didn't have the Eighth Amendment, people would be killed and tortured unfairly in relation to crimes they had committed.

]]> 2022-12-21 14:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2426738550 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427497741 In other words, the 8th Amendment aims to protect criminal defendants from unduly harsh or disproportionate treatment by restricting the federal government from issuing certain penalties]]> 2022-12-22 14:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427497741 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427499239 It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States.]]> 2022-12-22 14:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427499239 samuelgarcia53 https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427507228 Two justices (Scalia and Rehnquist) argued that the Eighth Amendment did not address the proportionality of punishments at all.]]> 2022-12-22 14:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelgarcia53/orqw42a4a4e7fib9/wish/2427507228