Does the death penalty violate the 8th amendment?

By hannahrahman
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    The murder rate in the death penalty states was thirty-seven percent higher than the rate in states without the death penalty

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  • Kane, H. (2003). Straight talk about IQ and the death penalty. Ethics & Behavior, 13(1), 27-33. doi:10.1207/S15327019EB1301_05

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    An emerging death penalty issue was recently identified by the American Bar Association in 2006 when it unanimously passed a resolution calling for an exemption from the death penalty for people whose severe mental illness may have led to their crime

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    The Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a vote of 8-2 a bill that would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

  • Dieter, R. (2007, October 7). Changing Views on the Death Penalty in the United States. Retrieved September 18, 2014, from www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Beijing07.pdf

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    According to a national public opinion poll conducted in 2007, the U.S. public is losing confidence in the death penalty.

  • Kaveny, C. (2008). Justice or vengeance: is the death penalty cruel & unusual?. Commonweal, (3), 9.

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    The 8th amendment has continued to exert significant influence on decisions of the Supreme Court.In 2010 it was relied on successfully in the case of Graham vs. Florida in which the US Supreme Court struck down juvenille life without parole in non-capital cases.

  • Boys, S. (2011). The Death Penalty: An Unusual Punishment America is Inflicting Upon Itself. Critical Criminology, 19(2), 107. doi:10.1007/s10612-010-9115-7

  • George, M. (2013). The Relevance of the Eighth Amendment to the US Death Penalty in the 21st Century. Amicus Journal, (30), 8-17.

  • PARKER, N. (2013). THE ROAD TO ABOLITION: HOW WIDESPREAD LEGISLATIVE REPEAL OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE STATES COULD CATALYZE A NATIONWIDE BAN ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Legislation & Policy Brief, 5(1), 65-102.