https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4 No excessive bail or excessive fines. no cruel and unusual punishments. en-us 2021-03-16 16:00:19 UTC 2025-11-10 03:03:55 UTC hello@padlet.com saa00016 https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316490536 The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants, either as the price for obtaining pretrial release or as punishment for crime after conviction.]]> 2021-03-16 16:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316490536 saa00016 https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316503658 1. In 1689 – a full century before the ratification of the United States Constitution – England adopted a Bill of Rights that prohibited “cruell and unusuall punishments.” 
2. In 1776, George Mason included a prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments in the Declaration of Rights he drafted for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
3. In 1791, this same prohibition became the central component of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.]]> 2021-03-16 16:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316503658 saa00016 https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316515279 https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-viii/clauses/103#:~:text=The%20Eighth%20Amendment%20to%20the,as%20the%20price%20for%20obtaining ]]> 2021-03-16 16:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316515279 saa00016 https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316529481 2021-03-16 16:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316529481 saa00016 https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316537524 Graham v. Florida
How it relates: Terrance Jamar Graham (born January 6, 1987), along with two accomplices, attempted to rob a Barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida in July 2003. Aged 16 at the time, Graham was arrested for the robbery attempt and was charged as an adult for armed burglary with assault and battery, as well as attempted armed robbery. The first charge was a first-degree felony that is punishable by life in prison.]]> 2021-03-16 16:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/saa00016/qnzzbfxrsu4yk9d4/wish/1316537524