CJ ST 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Death Watch, Gee Jon, Pancuronium Bromide
29 Oct 2018
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Ch 6: cruel and unusual punishment, death row, and methods of. Legal in the us at colonial times: Beheading, pressing to death, drawning and quartering, breaking on the wheel, drowning, and burning at the stake. Burning at the stake was reserved for petit treason aka a wife murdering her husband or a slave murdering their owner or a slave planning revolt. Primary goal in colonial times was deterrence. Gibbet display or hang body so public can watch decomposition. Dismemberment of the body so parts could be displayed around the country. These enhancements were powerful because back then the proper burial of a body was incredibly important. Weems v us (a non capital case in 1910) the court reinterpreted the idea of cruel and unusual punishment. It should evolve with changing standards of society. Trop v dulles (1958) trop was charged with desertion in. The courts deemed that the crime did not fit the punishment.
