http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cruel-and-unusual-punishment
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This article is talking about the 8th amendment and about cruel and unusual punishments. This article states that the McGuire family thinks that the execution violated Dennis McGuire's 8th amendment rights. The family thinks that the punishment was cruel because the lethal injection that was used had some intravenous drugs that had never before been used. Dennis's lawyers stated that these new drugs being used could cause agony and terror to the person.
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I think this article is related to the 8th amendment because the amendment states that the punishment/consequence should not be unusual or cruel. Also, this article is talking about that Dennis got a cruel punishment that shouldn't have been used like the lethal injections.