The Eighth Amendment protects citizens from “cruel and unusual punishment.” Why was this historically an important right to the framers of the Constitution? a. Many of the framers of the Constitution had been jailed and held captive in Britain before the Revolutionary War.
b. The framers preferred that legal punishment be administered by the states.
c. The British enacted punishments upon citizens in the American colonies that were cruel and unusual.
d. The punishment of citizens in the American colonies included the death penalty.