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Had the 8th Amendment not been considered to have been incorporated before this?
by masonic 8y ago
Had the 8th Amendment not been considered to have been incorporated before this?
- perpetualpatzer 8y agoThe excessive fines clause hadn't, probably in no small part because states would argue "this is a reasonable fine" rather than "we're allowed to give unreasonable fines." I believe cruel and unusual punishment would have come up in method of execution cases, but not sure of the case.