Criminal Law

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Introduction

There is a famous saying about the status of a nation that if u want to know a nation truly, you should see its jail from inside. A nation is not judged by treatment of highest citizens but the treatment of lowest ones. (Chung 1994)

Eighth amendment in the U.S. constitution came into existence in 1791. It has three clauses. The cruel and unusual punishments clause stops from cruelty of punishments that the government may enforce upon someone who convicted offense. The excessive fines clause restricts the quantity of the amount that the government may fines to ...