8th Amendment

http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-teens-torture-classmate-sentenced,0,1693.story
 2 girls sentenced for torturing romantic rival(September 16, 2010)

This article was about two tees girls that were convited for 17 years for toturing and stabbing another girl. The girls ages 15 years old were both tried as adults and pleaded guilty.They were charged with burgulary,attempted murder and tryng to dissuade a witness. The victim was a fellow 8th grade classmate who was only 14 years old.

Amendment 8 says :Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.   This article is about the amendmnet because the girls had a quick trial. They were tried as adults and had the fair trial where they pleaded guilty.The girls also got a sentence of 17 years and were tried as adults.

This amendment was very useful in the consitution because they allowed the girls to be treated like an adut. The punishment was justified because they did a crime that their state. the California penal code section 664/190 calls for a sentence of 10-25 years in prison and sometime on parole. The sentence was just and legal even though they wre under the age of 18.