I don’t think there’s anything in the Constitution that prohibits us from carrying out swift justice through execution, including public hangings, after a trial.
If you are referring to the Eighth Amendment, it does no such thing. If you are referring to some other portion of the text please enlighten me. I would be very interested to read it.
I can find the citations to the SCOTUS cases tomorrow if you really want to dig into this, but the short version goes something like this; in the 1960s, the Supreme Court essentially ruled that most states methods of applying the death penalty were unconstitutional under the 8th and 14th amendments; as a way of satisfying the constitutional standards set forth by SCOTUS every state has implemented a right to appeal in death penalty cases.
In that case your original assertion should not claim we have a Constitution that prohibits swift executions, (since we don't) rather we have a Supreme Court ruling that does.
We have a little thing called the Constitution which would prohibit immediate post-trial executions.
Do we?
I hope so, as I think the Second Amendment is pretty important.
I don’t think there’s anything in the Constitution that prohibits us from carrying out swift justice through execution, including public hangings, after a trial.
Not sure I agree with that interpretation. Justice was carried out constitutional for many years. Life in prison is not a right
military code of justice probably doesn't have that; execution can be immediate IIRC. That's why military (tribunals) are the only way.
If you are referring to the Eighth Amendment, it does no such thing. If you are referring to some other portion of the text please enlighten me. I would be very interested to read it.
I can find the citations to the SCOTUS cases tomorrow if you really want to dig into this, but the short version goes something like this; in the 1960s, the Supreme Court essentially ruled that most states methods of applying the death penalty were unconstitutional under the 8th and 14th amendments; as a way of satisfying the constitutional standards set forth by SCOTUS every state has implemented a right to appeal in death penalty cases.
In that case your original assertion should not claim we have a Constitution that prohibits swift executions, (since we don't) rather we have a Supreme Court ruling that does.