What is the impact of the Eighth Amendment on the defence of the right to refuse bail?
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The following excerpt is from Carmona v. Ward, 576 F.2d 405 (2nd Cir. 1978):
18 Mr. Justice Field said of the Eighth Amendment, "The whole inhibition is against that which is excessive either in the bail required, or fine imposed, or punishment inflicted." O'Neil v. Vermont, 144 U.S. 323, 340, 12 S.Ct. 693, 700, 36 L.Ed. 450 (1892).
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