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2. Constituional Connection: Amendment 8 Cruel and Unusual Punishment
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
3. Explanation of Connection:
The eighth amendment protects criminals who are actually in jail. The bail put on a criminal can not be to high. For example a robbery bail can not be a million dollars. The criminal can not be fined extra or punished severely. Often times in jail the convicts are treated cruelly because they are not considered citizens anymore. They are not questioned about these motives because it is considered jail life. The case Hope v. Pelzer was about a criminal being treated poorly.
This article Clearly demonstrates the eighth amendment because it demonstrates it being broken by the prison guards in a jail in
I feel as though the Guards should be punished for severely punishing this criminal. Being chained in the sun with no water break was a punishment created to hurt this prisoner. The prisoner is just punished while the guards just brush it off jail life. I am positive he isn't the only prisoner to be punished, but the only one to speak up. These criminals are still human beings and should not be tortured for the mistakes they made: there is a difference between cruelty and discipline.