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CRS Annotated Constitution
EIGHTH AMENDMENT
1467
FURTHER GUARANTEES IN CRIMINAL CASES
1467
EXCESSIVE BAIL
1467
EXCESSIVE FINES
1471
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS
1472
Style of Interpretation
1472
“Cruel and Unusual Punishments”
1473
Capital Punishment
1474
Proportionality
1493
Prisons and Punishment
1497
Limitation of the Clause to Criminal Punishments
1499
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