Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis...
by lsiebert on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:14AM
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In any case I think people are ignoring the 8th amendment's prohibition the excessive fines, which applies to the states per supreme court ruling (Timbs vs. Indiana).
The prohibition on excessive fines has it's roots in the Magna Carta. (quoting from the Timbs vs. Indiana Supreme Court decision) "...Magna Carta required that economic sanctions "be proportioned to the wrong" and "not be so large as to deprive [an offender] of his livelihood."
The prohibition on excessive fines has it's roots in the Magna Carta. (quoting from the Timbs vs. Indiana Supreme Court decision) "...Magna Carta required that economic sanctions "be proportioned to the wrong" and "not be so large as to deprive [an offender] of his livelihood."