Excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
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If you're asking which amendment that is, then it's Amendment 8.
The 8th amendment was passed prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
Amendment 1 Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly Amendment 2 Right to bear arms Amendment 3 Quartering of soldiers Amendment 4 Search and arrest Amendment 5 Rights in criminal cases Amendment 6 Right to a fair trial Amendment 7 Rights in civil cases Amendment 8 Bail, fines, punishment Amendment 9 Rights retained by the People Amendment 10 States' rights
The 8th Amendment limits the punishments given by the Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fines, bails, and pnishments shall not be excessive or cruel and unusual.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the one that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864.