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Which Amendment prevents government from charging excessive bails or fines AND from overseeing cruel and unusual punishment?

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User HosseinK
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The eighth amendment is the answer...

It prevents cruel or unusual punishments or charging excessive fines (or bails)

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User Emmdee
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The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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