Talk:Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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== Capital punishment suspension time ==

I noticed that this page says capital punishment was "effectively suspended" between 1967 and 1976. From what I gather it was actually from 1973 (or 1972, after Furman v. Georgia) but I'm not an expert on this. Is a change warranted? (I did a change but reverted since I wasn't sure.)


Why no history on the amendment itself? Who wrote it? What previous law(s) was it based on? What were the arguments surrounding its passage? More info would be nice.Tubbyty 19:48, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

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how was the united states before eighth amendment

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