8th amendment: the notion of cruel and unusual punishment

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Let’s answer the following questions:

1. When did the 8th amendment make cruel and unusual punishments illegal?
2. Where does the 8th amendment come from?
3. What was the objective of that bill?
4. What did one of the member of congress say in 1789?
5. What is a cruel and unusual punishment? What does the 8th amendment forbid?
6. How do you explain the presumption of innocence?
7. What felony used to be punishable by death?