Carol Steiker

The framers saw themselves not only as learning from the past, but as going further and breaking from the past. These guys were revolutionaries. I mean, we think of them today as like old dead guys, you know, who are on the dollar bill or whatever. But they really saw themselves as revolutionaries in many ways, including in punishment practices.

The framers saw themselves not only as learning from the past, but as going further and breaking from the past. These guys were revolutionaries. I mean, we think of them today as like old dead guys, you know, who are on the dollar bill or whatever. But they really saw themselves as revolutionaries in many ways, including in punishment practices.

At least one person during the discussions of the Eighth Amendment, proposed Eighth Amendment in Congress, said, well, what does this mean exactly?

At least one person during the discussions of the Eighth Amendment, proposed Eighth Amendment in Congress, said, well, what does this mean exactly?

At least one person during the discussions of the Eighth Amendment, proposed Eighth Amendment in Congress, said, well, what does this mean exactly?

So there was some question about, like, what does this language exactly mean and which practices that we now accept as sometimes necessary are going to be deemed to be cruel and unusual going forward?

So there was some question about, like, what does this language exactly mean and which practices that we now accept as sometimes necessary are going to be deemed to be cruel and unusual going forward?

So there was some question about, like, what does this language exactly mean and which practices that we now accept as sometimes necessary are going to be deemed to be cruel and unusual going forward?

And he was sentenced to an incredibly harsh punishment. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, being chained at all times, his wrists to his ankles. And then followed by a form of civil death in which he would be under surveillance and deprived of the right to vote or hold any office until the end of his life.

And he was sentenced to an incredibly harsh punishment. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, being chained at all times, his wrists to his ankles. And then followed by a form of civil death in which he would be under surveillance and deprived of the right to vote or hold any office until the end of his life.

And he was sentenced to an incredibly harsh punishment. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, being chained at all times, his wrists to his ankles. And then followed by a form of civil death in which he would be under surveillance and deprived of the right to vote or hold any office until the end of his life.

Something that was a Philippine punishment, not really something that you would have found in the United States at the time. And the Supreme Court said, wow, that's not something we see every day. That's not something we do over here.

Something that was a Philippine punishment, not really something that you would have found in the United States at the time. And the Supreme Court said, wow, that's not something we see every day. That's not something we do over here.

Something that was a Philippine punishment, not really something that you would have found in the United States at the time. And the Supreme Court said, wow, that's not something we see every day. That's not something we do over here.

So sort of patting, you know, us Americans as being more advanced, if you will.

So sort of patting, you know, us Americans as being more advanced, if you will.

So sort of patting, you know, us Americans as being more advanced, if you will.

And there's some really interesting language written in Weems. And this is the language. I'm going to read it to you. Legislation, both statutory and constitutional, is enacted from an experience of evils, but its general language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes.

And there's some really interesting language written in Weems. And this is the language. I'm going to read it to you. Legislation, both statutory and constitutional, is enacted from an experience of evils, but its general language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes.

And there's some really interesting language written in Weems. And this is the language. I'm going to read it to you. Legislation, both statutory and constitutional, is enacted from an experience of evils, but its general language should not, therefore, be necessarily confined to the form that evil had theretofore taken. Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes.