Which situation violates the Eighth Amendment protections regarding criminal punishment?

Question

(1 point)

OA protester is jailed for violent acts at a political rally

A person is sentenced to life in prison for shoplifting

A person is sentenced to ten years imprisonment for assault and robbery

A judge orders that an accused person be jailed until bail is pard

Q7

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

(1 point)

To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enstaved people

To create a government based on the principle of federalesm

To create a government with a bicameral legislature

Answer 1

For the first question regarding the Eighth Amendment:

The situation that violates the Eighth Amendment protections regarding criminal punishment is:

A person is sentenced to life in prison for shoplifting.

This punishment is considered disproportionately severe for the crime of shoplifting, which does not warrant such a harsh sentence under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

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For the second question regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise:

The correct answer is:

To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention that determined how enslaved people would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation in Congress.