Rights Protected by the 8th Amendment

There is no doubt that the eighth amendment was a necessary change in the United States Constitution, while this is true too that it is not fully being incorporated in the system. There are a certain parts of the amendment that apply to the states, while some do not. For instance the clause relating to unusual punishment and cruelty related do apply to states while the clause relating to the excessive bail does not. This clause can be applied through the use of fourteenth amendment and not directly on its own.

Cases like the Timbs v. Indiana 586 U.S. ___ (2019) in the past have provided an in depth insight on how and why the clause became such an important aspect in the United Nation’s Constitution (Justia, 2020). Apart from this, the Excessive Fines is one another clause that actually became applicable to the states. This amendment came into existence to protect the human rights of the prisoners or to be precise of those individuals who allegedly have committed crimes that have not yet been proven. Also another reason which compelled the introduction of the clause of excessive bail amount was to ensure that the accused was present at the trial of the said crime and it was not an easy task for the criminal or the accused individual to flee the crime scene or even after the individual became an accused individual for a criminal act.    

Bibliography

Justia, 2020. Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. ___ (2019). [Online] Available at: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/586/17-1091/ [Accessed 04 July 2020].