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.
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.