The 8th Amendment‚ "cruel and unusual" clause. The "cruel and unusual" clause in the eighth amendment states that "cruel and unusual punishment" such as torture or lingering death can not be inflicted on anyone as a form of execution. It is however permissible under the 8th Amendment to execute a convict by means of hanging‚ shooting‚ electrocution‚ and lethal gas. There is still confusion about what is actually constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." There have been several court cases
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This House would ban animal testing In this debate testing should be defined as all testing including‚ medical research‚ cosmetics‚ toxicology‚ and psychology research where animals are used in any part of an experiment. An animal could sensibly be defined as vertebrates. With this exception of cephalopods‚ no invertebrates have any legal standing in any country so far as I am aware‚ and it would be hard to construct a case for any invertebrates having moral rights. The ban should be defined as
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Some people would agree with the statement Natural Law leads to cruel decisions because the ideas that it is based on called the primary precepts can contradict themselves when faced with different situations particularly more modern circumstances. This is because naturalists tell us we must follow these precepts so to achieve our full purposes as human beings which we can only do by doing right. An example of this contradiction is in the use of a gun its purpose being to shoot things‚ in this
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The Torturing of Animals Every year there are hundreds of thousands of pets being abused and this must to come to an end. I myself love animals and I would never try to hurt my pets. People take advantage of animals and try to make money off of them by making them fight. In reality‚ this is a type of abuse and it is illegal. There are many different types of abuse that must be stopped. Although animal abuse occurs all over the world with all sorts of animals and people it can and must be put
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“Scarlet Ibis” Essay Death can usually be illustrated by the color red‚ hints the “Scarlet Ibis”. The “Scarlet Ibis” is based off of the cruel theme of death. Doodle dies in this reading‚ but before the story portrays his death‚ the piece gives many hints and clues that he is going to pass away soon. Hurst does a great job in the “Scarlet Ibis” of showing strength‚ the strength of doodle. Though Doodle overcame a lot of barriers‚ his strength could hold up no more at the end. He was a clear of the
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100 million animals are used in animal testing every single year to further the understanding of species and the impact of different modern medicines. There are many organizations that are extremely against the use of these animals in medicine‚ saying that it is “cruel and inhumane”. Compare these 100 million to the 56 billion animals slaughtered for food for humans. Those 100 million almost seem like a small amount‚ don’t they? The animals used in scientific testing have contributed to many life-saving
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Animal Testing Animal testing (also known as animal experimentation or animal research) is the use of non-human animal models for research and development by academic institutes and commercial pharmaceutical companies. At this very moment‚ there are millions of animals being kept behind cages in solitude‚ waiting to be sacrificed in the name of science or industry. With the sharp rise in the use of animals in research‚ it has become an open debate as to whether or not we have an intrinsic right
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In "Freedom and the Plastic Cage"‚ Wendy Brown analyzes the history of the left by using various political theorist to demonstrate how the left has changed their view of freedom throughout the years and how the left has changed the term freedom to empowerment and resistance. According to Brown‚ the left has changed the definition of the term "freedom" because they do not want states to be considered vulnerable. What she means by this‚ is that the left has to provide guidance and support to the states
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without parole in prison. Recent statistics show that in 2007 the crime rate increased‚ but in 2015 it decreased dramatically. I agree with the majority of Supreme Court Justices who believe that this sentence violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment because juveniles are still immature‚ developing their brains‚ and unaware of impact of decision. In middle school and in high school is when stages for juveniles behavior happen. They can either go from really immature to
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Have you ever done something you regretted later? Have you ever made a terrible choice and then had to pay for it? I know almost every single human being on this earth has done something they wish they could take back. In most cases‚ they do not have to pay for it with nine months of their life. However‚ pregnant women who become pregnant unintentionally must‚ if abortions become illegal. Forty-nine percent of all pregnancies are unintended. That means forty nine out of one hundred women did not
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