The execution was delayed while Kemmler's case was appealed on the grounds that it violated the EighthAmendment restriction against cruel and unusual punishment.
然而，由于凯姆勒的案件违背第八修正案对酷刑和罕有刑罚的限制，凯姆勒提出上诉，处决被推迟。
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With the canceling of death penalty about 13 kinds of economic crimes in Criminal Law Amendment(Eighth) Bill, the abolition of the death penalty about bribery is placed on the wave.