Re: DT tells court he cannot post bond
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:50 am
Right… what do you think that means?Della wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:22 pmWhat about the bolded?Slimshandy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:33 pmThe Court has held the clause inapplicable to civil jury awards of punitive damages in cases between private parties, when the government neither has prosecuted the action nor has any right to receive a share of the damages awarded.4 The Court based this conclusion on a review of the history and purposes of the Excessive Fines Clause. At the time the Eighth Amendment was adopted, the Court noted, the word ‘fine’ was understood to mean a payment to a sovereign as punishment for some offense.
It means that normally in civil trials this doesn’t apply, but in cases where the state/fed would be monetary recipients, it does.