Part of this is to prevent biased or prejudiced behavior in judges or other officials, like if the crime in question somehow concerned the judge’s family, he would still have to set the bail the same way he would for a similar case. The part about punishment is controversial even today. Some consider the death penalty to be cruel and unusual, while others think it is the most humane way to take a life and therefore not cruel. The law protects prisoners and suspects from things like torture, although these practices are still used on terrorists in Guantanamo. Some argue that national security trumps the rule regarding cruel and unusual punishment, while others disagree on the humanity of
Part of this is to prevent biased or prejudiced behavior in judges or other officials, like if the crime in question somehow concerned the judge’s family, he would still have to set the bail the same way he would for a similar case. The part about punishment is controversial even today. Some consider the death penalty to be cruel and unusual, while others think it is the most humane way to take a life and therefore not cruel. The law protects prisoners and suspects from things like torture, although these practices are still used on terrorists in Guantanamo. Some argue that national security trumps the rule regarding cruel and unusual punishment, while others disagree on the humanity of