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Eighth Amendment
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- Amdt8.1 Excessive Bail and Excessive Fines Charges
- Amdt8.1.1 Excessive Bail Prohibition
- Amdt8.1.1.1 Excessive Bail Prohibition: Historical Background
- Amdt8.1.1.2 Excessive Bail Prohibition: Doctrine and Practice
- Amdt8.1.1.2.1 Excessive Bail Prohibition: Current Doctrine
- Amdt8.1.2 Excessive Fine Prohibition
- Amdt8.1.2.1 Excessive Fine Prohibition: Doctrine and Practice
- Amdt8.1.1 Excessive Bail Prohibition
- Amdt8.2 Cruel and Unusual
- Amdt8.2.1 Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments
- Amdt8.2.1.1 Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Historical Background
- Amdt8.2.1.2 Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Doctrine and Practice
- Amdt8.2.1.3 Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: Select Topics for
Consideration
- Amdt8.2.1.3.1 Drug and Alchohol Dependency
- Amdt8.2.1.3.2 Conditions of Confinement
- Amdt8.2.2 Death Penalty
- Amdt8.2.2.1 Death Penalty: Overview
- Amdt8.2.2.2 Death Penalty: Doctrine and Practice
- Amdt8.2.2.2.1 Death Penalty: Early Doctrine
- Amdt8.2.2.2.2 Furman and the Moratorium on the Death Penalty
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3 Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on the Death Penalty
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.1 Gregg v. Georgia and Limits on the Death Penalty: Overview
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.2 Role of Jury and Consideration of Evidence
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.3 Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.3.1 Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Cognitively Disabled
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.3.2 Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Minors
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.3.3 Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Non-Homicide Offenses
- Amdt8.2.2.2.3.3.4 Limitations on Imposition of the Death Penalty: Methods of Executions
- Amdt8.2.1 Prohibition on the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishments