[Sarah Michelle Gellar](http://glamour.com/about/sarah-michelle-gellar) and [Roma Downey](http://glamour.com/about/roma-downey) played kid/adult Jackie respectively in the Emmy-winning miniseries *A Woman Named Jackie*.
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791) prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.he Supreme Court found these laws to be unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment, in the murder case of Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280 (1976), because these laws remove discretion from the trial judge to make an individualized determination in each case.
Answer by JB28 (285). The eighth amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishments. This helps ensure that people are punished in proportion to the crime committed.The punishment must fit the crime. add a comment.nswer by tamarawilhite (17883). The eighth amendment of the United States Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishments. This originally included quartering, guillotine, suffocation, and cruel acts that caused a victim to bleed to death.