The Importance Of The Eighth Amendment

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Prisoners were kept in prisons that lacked power, supplies, and plumbing during the emergency. The Eighth Amendment protects people from “cruel or unusual punishment.” By keeping prisoners in harsh conditions does not violate the Eight Amendment because the storm’s effects were not intentional punishments. Officers did not receive any emergency training or evacuation plans, which resulted in the prisoners being kept in harsh conditions. When the prisoners were evacuated to other jails many issues occurred due to the overcrowded conditions. It should be compulsory for all officers to be put through emergency training and an evacuation plan should be put together so in the future this issue will not occur

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8th Amendment Importance

Have you ever heard of the eighth amendment of the Bill of Rights(first ten amendments of the United States Constitution)?The amendment that protects us from cruel and unusual punishment?This story is about why the eighth amendment is important.This story is also how it was added to the Bill of Rights. The Eighth Amendment gives us no excessive bail,nor excessive fines imposed,and no cruel and unusual punishment.The importance of the eighth amendment is that it protects us from abuse…

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