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Devontae Glover
Mr. Gooding
CP U.S History
17 October 2016
Eighth Amendment
The Eighth Amendment became part of the Bill of Rights on September 5, 1989.
The Eighth Amendment was caused by Titus Oates who lied in court and caused many
people their lives so, he was confined in a pillory for two days and was whipped while
tied to a moving cart. With that being said, nor cruel or unusual punishments should be
inflicted (Eighth Amendment). Meaning that police officers or any other type of law
enforcement should not enhance a criminal aggressively or abuse a criminal to the point
that they are close to dieing. Oates case, is one of the reasons behind the Eighth
Amendment being established so that people do not get whipped, brutally beat by an
officer using weapons like a baton or a gun or any other type of abusive acts towards a
person accused of committing a crime. The Constitution wanted to ban all cruelty and
abuse to criminals as a result from the crime that they have committed. Also, excessive
bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed (Eighth Amendment). For that
reasoning, a court cannot set a large amount of money for bail to an accused criminal.
Furthermore, a court cannot set an excessive bail because if they do then the judge
would base the bail hearing off of the amount of money that the criminal has received
from the court. By that being said, the main focus of the Eighth Amendment was to
make punishments fair, and to make sure that large fines or bails are not made.

Although this amendment is not the most popular amendment in the Bill of Rights, it still
helps criminals have a fair trial, without dealing with abuse or having a excessive bail.

Laws.Kids. Eighth Amendment. Laws, publication date. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.