Essays Tagged: "Cruel and unusual punishment"

Capital Punishment

an 'arbitrary and capricious' manner and, thus, violated the EighthAmendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and theFourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal protection of the la ... he death sentence or its implications.============================================================='Cruel and unusual punishment' -- those are strong words, butaren't executions relatively swift and p ...

(7 pages) 400 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Caning Punishment Issue

they believed were being done to them. One of the things the Americans wanted to break free of was cruel and unusual punishment. It is one of the things that makes our country what it is today for be ... y what it is today for better or worse. A Caning, which can leave the person scarred for life, is a cruel and unusual punishment for repairable damage against private property. Still measures must be ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

This essay is about the flaws of the death penalty and the fact that humans should not decide who lives and dies. The title is : An infallible penality given by fallible people.

take into account the imperfection of the legal system (human beings in general), which implicates cruel and unusual punishment and exemplifies moral unjustness. For these three primary reasons, the ... ndred people are sentenced to death.The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. In 1948, the Declaration of Independence ("Declaration") w ...

(2 pages) 157 1 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Capital Punishment, should it or should it not be used in today's criminal judging system

as been the case in many countries throughout the world it has been said that the Death Penalty is 'cruel and unusual punishment' which is a direct violation to the Bill of Rights. Capital Punishment ... inst the Constitution. But if read directly the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution 'prohibits cruel and unusual punishments' and not only that but abolitionists also think that Capital Punishmen ...

(6 pages) 144 0 1.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

In cold blood:death penalty

the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country, although laws governing theapplication of the death ... anism.' Inother words, society has long since left behind the archaic and barbous'customs' from the cruel'eye for an eye' anti-human caves of religion- another factor that shouldraise immediate misgiv ...

(5 pages) 198 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Death penalty

a life for a life? Does this philosophy hold true in thetwentieth century? Is the death penalty a 'Cruel and Unusual' punishment or is itnow a necessary tool in the war on crime? With the increase in ... urcriminal justice system must make their decision on whether or not to continuewith what some call cruel and unusual punishment. Also, considering theobvious discriminatory data, this system must hav ...

(4 pages) 173 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

A Time To Kill

the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country,although laws governing theapplication of the death p ... anism.' Inother words, society has long since left behind the archaic and barbous'customs' from the cruel'eye for an eye' anti-human caves of religion- another factor that shouldraise immediate misgiv ...

(10 pages) 113 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

A Time To Kill

the death penalty to beracist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as'...cruel and unusual punishment.' In this country,although laws governing theapplication of the death p ... anism.' Inother words, society has long since left behind the archaic and barbous'customs' from the cruel'eye for an eye' anti-human caves of religion- another factor that shouldraise immediate misgiv ...

(10 pages) 107 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Capital Punishment

banned the death penalty as it was then imposed,describing the carrying out of the death penalty as cruel andunusual punishment. But the court left open the possibility thatthe death penalty might be ... ments Against The Death PenaltyMany people oppose the death penalty, mainly because theyconsider it cruel. There is also the risk of executing innocentpeople who were mistakenly convicted. There have ...

(8 pages) 147 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Argument Essay in favor of abolishing the death penalty with lists "Reasons For Abolishing the Death Penalty"

s God's rules, costs the tax payers too much money, prisoners could be wrongly convicted, and it is cruel and unusual punishment.The first reason why I do not support having the death penalty is that ... sed received a fair trial.The final reason that the death penalty should be abolished is that it is cruel and unusual punishment. To extinguish a person's life is cruel no matter what way it is admini ...

(16 pages) 575 3 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Ending the Death Penalty Basic Argument Essay in favor of ending the death penalty.

s God's rules, costs the tax payers too much money, prisoners could be wrongly convicted, and it is cruel and unusual punishment.The first reason why I do not support having the death penalty is becau ... e in this country to have a fair trial.Finally, the death penalty should be abolished because it is cruel punishment. To take another person's life is cruel no matter what way it is administered, any ...

(2 pages) 243 0 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Essay on Opposing the Death Penalty with Bibliograpgy

There are many issues that deal with the controversy of capital punishment such as discrimination, cruel and unusual punishment, unfair trials, the possible "wrongly accused", and the rights of the c ... enalty should also be eliminated because it violates the 8th amendment. The 8th amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, which is defined as penalties being issued arbitrarily or if the punis ...

(3 pages) 186 2 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Capital Punishment. Pro or Con?

1996, p.34). While most people who are in opposition use the argument that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment which violates the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution.I ... not use the death penalty. (Pro-death Penalty.com, 2001)Many people feel that the death penalty is cruel as well as an ineffective crime deterrent. But the most successful argument that is used again ...

(6 pages) 357 2 2.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

This is a persuasive paper on capital punishment.

in some cases it can go against the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment protects citizens from "cruel and unusual punishment". For nine years, from 1967 until 1976, capital punishment was in a sta ...

(3 pages) 181 1 1.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Death Penalty.

the justices decided that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment," therefore the death penalty was permissible.The selections I agreed w ... ause the U.S. Constitution does not forbid it. Marshall states,"The death penalty, I concluded is a cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. That continues to b ...

(3 pages) 222 1 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The laws surronding capital punishment, and debate if it is really necceary.

declared unconstitutional during the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia, declared the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment. However, after a supreme court decision in 1975, Gregg v. Georgia, whi ... acts? Those who assist in the death penalty are they not partners in crime? Is the death penalty a "Cruel and Unusual" punishment or is it now a necessary tool in the war against crime?There are four ...

(6 pages) 79 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

This is a presuasive essay on Capital Punishment. This essay has a pro-capital punishment stance. Argues against common statements used to challenge the death penalty.

. The United States Supreme Court decided in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty was a form of cruel and unusual punishment. However, just three years later in 1975, the Supreme Court reversed th ...

(3 pages) 370 3 4.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

An essay about california's three strikes law.

in prison for a third conviction. Many would think that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment would over rule this law, but it was not in violation. On a website tha ...

(2 pages) 93 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Capital Punishment~Right or Wrong? Essay about the different views involving the death penalty and why they might feel that way.

st capitalpunishment. Most arguments against the death penalty arefor moral reason. They view it as cruel and unusualpunishment, whereas aguements for the death penalty say "aneye for an eye."One of t ... usuallyirrelevent to their state of mind at the time that theycomit the crime. (Capital Punishment- Cruel and Unusual?)Most murders are "crimes of passion". They arecommitted under the influence of th ...

(3 pages) 145 5 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The Death Penalty - Overview of the death penalty including history.

. Characterizing these laws as "arbitrary and capricious," the majority ruled that they constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the d ... tten by the nine Supreme Court justices spelling out their different views on what constituted the "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. More than 600 death row inmates wh ...

(2 pages) 314 2 4.1 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty