Revisiting the Constitution: Clarify What's Cruel and Unusual Punishment
 As I have suggested elsewhere, clarifying and expanding the Eight Amendment could help. It should specifically state that excessive terms of incarceration are prohibited, just as it bans excessive fines. It should expressly prohibit mandatory sentences so that every case gets the benefit of individualized attention by a judge. And it should insist that legislatures create a record showing that they considered empirical evidence about the law's likely impact.
 The eight amendment should be revised and further detailed. Long sentencing should be banned and further shortened. There should be no mandatory laws so each case can be given the opportunity to be exhaustive. She states how this is contradicting to the Eight Amendment Bill of Rights.
 I chose this quote because i agree with Barkow. I think that imprisonment for certain cases should not be excessive. Each case is different and many which are overlooked and proven to be judged incorrectly. I also think that depending on the crime committed a sentence should be shorter and a second chance should be given with in a shorter time frame.