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__ **The** **8th** **Amendment** __ // Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel or unusual punishment //

Description
When somebody is accused of a crime people are protected from a excessively high pay for bail or fines from brutal punishment.

Historical Applications
 In Frances v Resweber, the Court considers whether a state can put a condemned man on an electric chair a second time, after sending a non-lethal bolt of electricity through him in its first attempt. By a 5 to 4 vote, the Court in Frances permits the second execution, with the majority concluding that the "cruelty" of the punishment at issue should not be measured by what happened in the past or the mental anguish the prisoner might feel as he awaits his second date with the chair. The four dissenters, however, contended that the sequence of events was relevant, and that no one would doubt but that a punishment that consisted of two jolts of electricity weeks apart would be cruel.

Today's Application
The 8th Amendment is utilized to make sure that the punishments and fines meted out for crimes are fair in correlation with the crime committed and are not considered cruel, unusual or exorbitant in nature, according to the Constitution Center. This Amendment prevents judges from setting disproportionately large bail or fine amounts.

Media: Not a separate section!!!
This amendment is applied in today's society in the courts when a person is considered innocent until proven guilty in this time you can press for a post bail (post bail: when you pay a small sum of the bail and get out of jail until your court date comes) and during your post bail you can get all of your defense ready for your court date. But the down side is is you commit a crime that exceeds this amendment (such as murder or other major crimes) you wont be able to qualify for post bail.

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