The Alpha Fraternity president, who is also former Managing Director of the Liberia Petroleum Corporation LPRC, noted that article 21 (d) (ii) of the Liberian constitution
excessive bail not be require, nor excessive fines impose, nor excessive punishment be inflicted.
Excessive bail disproportionately harms people from low-income communities and communities of colour.
Amendment prohibition on
excessive bail, (143) due process, (144) and
In particular, community bail funds undermine the bedrock assumptions of a constitutional jurisprudence that has traditionally held that money bail systems do not violate the
Excessive Bail (27) or the Due Process Clauses, (28) and has only just begun to consider the ramifications of modern money bail for Equal Protection.
bounds of the
Excessive Bail Clause, has failed to clarify how close the
In the beginning: the prohibition against
excessive bail and concerns about risk of flight 2.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
innocence and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on
excessive bail.
First, the AWA Amendments must be repealed or revised because they are unconstitutional on their face as a violation of the
Excessive Bail and Due Process Clauses.
Boyle, (25) the Supreme Court defined
excessive bail as an amount that is above and beyond what is "reasonably calculated" to ensure the presence of the accused at pretrial court hearings.
A Brief History of the
Excessive Bail Clause of the
2) Those states had, in the wake of independence, created bills of rights that recited the historic prohibition of
excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
