The 8th Amendment Of The Death Penalty

Is he a mad man or a killer? The question the court is now asking as the jury is now trying to figure out his punishment. In 1843 an old man in his 70’s was killed. The man who killed him as admitted to killing him. The man said that he had nothing against the old man it was his eye that bothered him. The man also said that he has a disease. That statement changed the court case to figure out his punishment. Based on the evidence present in the 8th amendment of the Death Penalty the main character should be sentenced to life in prison because the narrator did kill the man, plan the murder, and dispose of the body in a cruel and unusual way. To begin the man had been planning this for quite a while. “I was never kinder to the old man than during

“The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed not dulled them.” (Poe, 1843) What disease is he talking about? The question the jury is asking. What disease would make you stronger. No normal man will ever say that he is stronger from a disease. He also claims he heard things from the heavens and the hells. What is this man talking about? Has he heard bad things and good things or what? This man is clearly still a killer, although his thoughts and his claims do seem unusual. He knows that he killed him and could be facing life prison so maybe, he is faking it to get out of it. According to the definition of voluntary slaughter, The crime of killing another person unlawfully in circumstances that amount to

“I watched over him for 8 night” (Poe, 1843) The man watched over the old man for 8 nights. He would put a lantern in his room so he could see his face, but the man never actually killed him because he was never able to see his eye. One night the man made a sound he did not mean to make but this led to the old man waking up. The eye was now open and clear to see. It was pitch black in the room so the old man could not see who it was. But the man saw the old man clearly and waited for his chance to kill him with putting a bed on his face. In the story the man also feels guilt after killing him. He realizes what he did was wrong, while the police are at his house having a good time. He then confesses to the police about what he did. No mad man would have guilt. The man clearly committed voluntary manslaughter for the fact that he planned the murder, and carried out on it according to the plan. He is not a mad man because of this. A madman would also be considered a sociopath. And if you are a sociopath you are unable to feel empathy. The man felt guilt after killing the old