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 ...

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 ...

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 ...