The 8th Amendment protects people from cruel and unusual punishment. This protection is meant to ensure that no person is overly punished for the crimes they were sentenced for. But in all actuality, what determines a punishment to be cruel?

In the United States, the First Amendment guarantees five rights: religion, petition, speech, press, and assembly. It establishes that people living in the United States can express their opinion without government interference and penalization. Contextualizing the current political climate, what does this mean for American citizens? Are these rights applied or does support for assembly vary depending on the stance of the message? It’s important to ask whether we support the right to protest...

Henry Alford was accused of murder and was facing the death penalty at trial . Despite maintaining his innocence, in order to avoid the...