Amendment: no cruel or unusual punishment, it definitely changed America’s on what punishment is considered cruel and unusual. The Eighth Amendment was tested through many Supreme Court and there were some very significant ones such as the Miller v. Alabama. The no cruel or unusual aspect of the Eighth Amendment gives protection of undeserving or unreasonable punishment to a citizen that commits a crime. As Supreme Court cases regarding the Eighth Amendment open and closed the meaning of no cruel or unusual
Facts of the case Ford vs. Wainwright case was of a man from Florida that was sentenced to execution because of his conviction of murder of a police officer during a robbery. Despite his argument of insanity, he was still thought to be eligible for execution. As he stayed in prison his mental state seemed to diminish. He became confused and delusional overtime and obsessed with the Ku Klux Klan. He felt conspired against and thought it was because others wanted him to commit suicide. He believed
character, Hamlet, is mad. Although Hamlet has undergone a lot of misfortunes, and most people have said that he is insane, I believe that he’s not. I think the sole reason behind his pretentious madness is due to the fact that, Hamlet's uncle Claudius murders his father, his own mother marries the murderer, and Hamlet encounters the ghost of his father. I think Hamlet is acting insane to avenge his father. To begin, during the beginning of the play, after Hamlet encounters the ghost of Elder Hamlet
a small room containing practically nothing has proved to fix nothing in a person except further insanity. One cannot rid himself of insanity in a room that causes them to go insane. Solitary confinement is a flawed and unnecessary method of punishment that should be prohibited in the prison
Jack the Ripper was a vicious serial killer from London who killed 5 prostitutes in 1888. He was never found and to this day no one knows for sure who the killer is, and what where his motives. It is hard to be sure of all the answers considering he committed them so long ago. There are now many theories of the man behind the name expressed through movies, books, and short films. Jack the Ripper committed the murders the way he did because he held a grudge against women, and he felt they deserved
In the world, changes need to be made. Some people dedicate their lives to improving the world and making it a better place. In the early 1800s, one woman decided that the prison and mental health systems could be improved to be kinder and more effective institutions. She saw a change to be complete in the world and made it her task to recreate the prison and mental health systems in a new and superior style. Throughout the years, prisons and mental health asylums have changed greatly, especially
you hear the words “insane asylum”? Do such terms as lunatic, crazy, scary, or even haunted come to mind? More than likely these are the terminology that most of us would use to describe our perception of insane asylums. However, those in history that had a heart’s desire to treat the mentally ill compassionately and humanely had a different viewpoint. Insane asylums were known for their horrendous treatment of the mentally ill, but the ultimate purpose in the reformation of insane asylums in the nineteenth
Four States do not allow Insanity Defense, such as Kansas, Montana, Idaho and Utah. Some of the jury will not believe that the defendant is truly insane, but just an excuse to dodge prison. “ Juries find only about 20 percent of the defendants who plead insanity”. It is a very small amount compared to thousands of cases that they court hear every year. Many states use The "M'Naghten Rule" states that
helpless situations full of insane laws, are punished cruelly by a controlling government, and are
states no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”, due process meaning fair procedures. Within the Constitution also lies the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. To put a mentally ill or incompetent person on stand is a cruel and unusual punishment. Therefore although the public does not have a full comprehension of how the insanity defense works, in order to abide by the United States Constitution insanity defense MUST be available