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Excessive Bail
Excessive bail shall not be required... The text of the Eighth Amendment Excessive Bail Clause derives from the 1689 English Bill of Rights, redacted in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and ...
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Chaz Lowery’s Death In Lancaster Prison Sparks Outrage
Another life lost behind bars. Chaz Lowery, 26, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, previously of Waynesboro, and most ...
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The pros and cons of ending cash bail
The ACLU has alleged that cash bail is actually unconstitutional because it violates "due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment, the prohibition against excessive bail found in the ...
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Speedy Trial Clause
Clause 2), to non-excessive bail (Amendment VIII), and to a speedy trial (Amendment VI). Early American cases sometimes decided the issue of pre-trial detention simply through the application of ...
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Texas bail reform bills advance out of committee
The prohibition against excessive bail is protected under the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Representative Gamez said she thinks any move towards denying bail as a matter of law ...