    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 119th Congress]
    [119th Congress]
    [House Document 118-187]
    [The United States Constitution]
    [Pages 98-99]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 AMENDMENT VIII.

    [[Page 99]]

    Sec. 215. Excessive bail or fines and cruel punishments
    prohibited.

        Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
    imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.