2006-11-09 05:13:28 · 5 answers · asked by sally m 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Amendment VIII (the Eighth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the U.S. Bill of Rights, prohibits excessive bail or fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. The phrases employed are taken from the English Bill of Rights.
2006-11-09 05:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Farnsworth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was one of 12 Amendments proposed at the original Constitutional Convention, by the same people who wrote the Constitution itself.
10 of the 12 passed immediately, as the Bill of Rights. One was eventually ratified in 1992 as the 27th Amendment.
2006-11-09 05:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Madison
2006-11-09 05:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by smilindave1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/ everything you want to know about the Bill of Rights
2006-11-09 05:16:52 · answer #4 · answered by kapute2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shiraz, LOL
2006-11-09 05:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by Star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋