Ⅳ. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment. The cruel and unusual punishment clause is often raised by persons who have been sentenced to be executed. But the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punishment, in order to be found unconstitutional, must be both cruel and unusual, and since executions have regularly taken place in the United States, they may be considered cruel but not unusual. However, there is no doubt that if the method of execution were to be bizarre or senseless, then the cruel and unusual punishment clause might well be successfully utilized. Moreover, situations exist in which punishment short of execution has been considered to be cruel and unusual. For example, in the case of Weems v. United States the defendant was convicted for falsifying a state document and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor. Additionally, Weems was required to wear leg irons during the sentence. The court held that the punishment was far in excess of the seriousness of the crime and ordered Weems to be sentenced to a more reasonable penalty.