Amendment8Bail


 * amendment 8: BAIL

by: David, Truman, and Makenzie ** Analysis:  Crazy fines and punishments sound horrible I’m glad that we don’t have to have any.  Thanks to amendment 8 we no longer have to fear someone taking all of our money, or putting us in jail for all of our lives. Amendment 8 basically says that people cannot punish us more extremely than the crime that is committed. So Amendment 8 is protecting our freedom and our possessions.

**Case: Gregg vs.** **Georgia** On Wednesday, March 31st, 1976 Gregg was charged of armed robbery and Murder. He was sentenced to death, but claimed that it was “cruel and unusual” punishment. Unfortunately, for this man a 7 to 2 vote was made and had decided that it did not violate the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Georgia’s death penalty states that if you deliberately kill, then you are to be sentenced to death by law. This made a great foundation for the future cases such as this.

real-world connection: Hopefully we will never have to make a connection with this. In the event that we do though, we would not want to be unfairly treated. This amendment makes sure that the bail isn't unfairly high. example : If you take a peice of gum(not saying you should) and are caught, if the bail is $1,000 something's wrong. It would be unfair and would be going against the 8th amendment.

why we care: To be treated unfairly is to be treated wrongly and is unconstitutional. Even though you should never be in such a situation as this, if you do get into it you wouldn 't want to be treated unjust. This amendment protects the rights of the bail price and that you are not charged more than is.

resources: "Gregg v. Georgia." __Oyez__. U.s. supreme court media. 4 Dec. 2008 < http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_6257/ >.