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= The VIII Amendment= Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Description
Americans are protected from getting high bail and harsh punishments.

Historical Applications
Back when the British ruled they made punishments that were harsh like; burning people at the steak, boiling people in oil, hanging people, ect. They also made high bail so people couldn't pay it to get out of jail to get set up their defense. So people would get stuck in jail with no way of defending themselves in court. Cases that have to do with the VIII amendment. [|Francis v Resweber] [|Ingraham v Wright] [|Harmelin v Michigan] [|Hudson v McMillan] [|Roper v Simmons]

Today's Application
This amendment is applied today by how people are innocent in till proven guilty so they can make a post bail this is when you can pay a sum of the bail to get out of jail to get your defense around. But if you are guilty with a large crime you will not be able to be qualified to have the post bail. This amendment is also applied today by how the bail of a crime is not so high and it is fair, like say someone was shoplifting they can't have a bail that is a million dollars. This amendment is being redefined now by how we should have the death penalty or not. Some people believe that it is against the VIII amendment to have the death penalty while others disagree. This is a large debate but there is 32 states that have the death penalty and 18 without the penalty. This amendment is very flexible, it is used only if people think that the punishment/bail is cruel. If this happens the Supreme Court will than step in to see if it is a cruel punishment/bail. These are links that give more information about the VIII amendment.
 * [|How It's Used]** [|More Info]

[|Where the Table is Found] Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky || Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon || Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming || States Without Death Penalty (Years established in parenthesis) Connecticut **(**2012) Hawaii (1957) Illinois (2011) Iowa (1965) Maine (1887) Maryland (2013) Massachusetts (1984) || Michigan (1846) Minnesota (1911)New Jersey (2007) New Mexico* (2009) New York (2007) North Dakota (1973) Rhode Island (1984) Vermont (1964) ||||||  ||
 * States that use/want the death penalty**
 * =  || Alabama
 * Alaska (1957)

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