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The Eighth Amendment
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The Eighth Amendment forbids excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
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Punishment challenges — methods, proportionality, the death penalty's limits — run through the clause.
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What counts as cruel and unusual is evolving, contested doctrine, decided case by case.
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