The Bill of Rights was ratified in December 1791. Amendment VIII. “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” ...

The sheriff’s office said an enhancement charge was filed due to the excessive amount of child pornography material on several electronic devices, which increased his bail by $250,000.

A nonattorney New York jurist is resigning from the bench amid a probe that he made inappropriate remarks while presiding over several criminal cases, had told local officials that litigants in ...

were freed on bail pending appeal on Wednesday, after a judge said their sentences might be “excessive”. The trio were among seven officers caught on film attacking Ken Tsang Kin-chiu ...