AMENDMENT:
No excessive bail or punishment
Amendment Details:
Date:
Sept. 27, 1787
Type:
Other (e.g., Archival Materials, Websites)
State of Origin:
Virginia (VA)
Summary:
No excessive bail or punishment
Text:
That excessive Bail, excessive Fines, or cruel and unusual punishments should not be demanded or inflicted—
Sponsor or Proponent:
Richard Henry Lee (in Congress of the Confederation)
Topics:
prerel - Right to pre-trial release cruelty - Prohibition of cruel treatment
Record Source:
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787
Cite As:
The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number ot_17870927ric-ah, accessed 2025-04-27]. Record Source: [The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787]
