g used my other countries, mostly Africa, up until the late 1990's. They force a rubber tire around the chest and arms of the convicted fill it with gasoline and light it on fire. It usually takes the victim about twenty minutes to die from the burns.
             In more recent years cruel and unusual punishment would be more along the lines of a judging sentencing a defendant to life in prison for theft. The government has said that the punishment must fit the crime to stop the use of cruel and unusual punishment. If someone feels that crime they have been given is not fair for the crime they committed they may make a case with the United States Supreme court to see if their sentence maybe overturned. Before 1791 this was not something that was allowed. You were to receive that sentence you had been given and there was nothing you could do about it.
             The eighth amendment of the United States Constitution states "Excessive bail shall not be required, not excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment be imposed".(2) This amendment was added to the constitution in 1791. This amendment was first used in the state of Virginia by George Mason and Patrick Henry. Those men decided that it should also become part of the United States Constitution so that congress did not use cruel and unusual punishment. James Madison then proposed the amendment in 1789.
             There have been many cases in the United States in recent years that have been thought to be using cruel and unusual punishment. Some of the cases in The United States ha
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