DVSentinel
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- The Republic of Texas.
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I believe that the Eighth Amendment is unclearly written, and has come to be interpreted very differently than its original intent. I agree with what I believe to be its original intent, and believe that this intent should be in the Bill of Rights. I would only support repealing the Eight Amendment if it was done by way of a new Amendment which expresses what I believe to be the correct intent more clearly—that the punishment for a crime shall not be very far out of proportion to the severity of the crime.
Punishment should be to the degree necessary to deter others from committing the same crime. Punishments should also be done publicly if possible, not hidden away.