Cruel and unusual punishment in my mind is when someone is beaten or tortured by a member of any government force unprovoked. It is necessary to have it in our legal system because Americans have seen what has happened with out this amendment. In Guantanamo Bay there was a POW camp and many Americans treated them in disgusting ways, and many prisoners didn’t even get a trial. Maybe there should be more specifics included in the amendment which site exactly what America considers “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
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I agree that it is needed in our country because we don't want people getting treated with unreasonable punishments. There should definitely be something added that specifies exactly what cruel and unusual punishment is so that people have a general idea of this. This is a really important amendement though.
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