...proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. X. Excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted . . . XIII. For redress of all grievances and for the amending,...

...task."122 Evolving Standards of Decency and Lethal Injection Execution The Eighth Amendment states that "excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."123 The exact meaning of the words is elusive, however, and...

...position in the 1787 Constitutional Convention.17 Mason may have written the terse eleventh article, "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted," which reappeared almost verbatim in the federal Bill of Rights....

...in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Court or Place out of Parliament. That excessive Bail ought not to be required nor excessive Fines imposed nor cruel and unusual Punishments inflicted. ... And that for Redress of all Grievances and for the amending...

...parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. 10. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impaneled and returned, and...

...Bill of Rights. The Eighth Amendment used language copied exactly from the English Bill of Rights: "Excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." This language caused some concern when Congress debated the...

...eruptions from the natural body." Federalist No. 1, pp. 1, 3; Federalist No. 28, p. 146. 2. Compare "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" (English Bill of Rights) with "Excessive bail shall not be...

...in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament; That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and...

...be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. SEC. 9. That cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. SEC. 10. That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger...