From the
AP:
A Columbus judge made sure a woman accused of running two brothels won't be bailed out of jail. He set bond at $1 billion.
The
Eighth Amendment:
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
They may keep her from fleeing, but I suspect she'd have solid grounds to make a Federal case of this. Of course, before last week I thought the Fifth Amendment was pretty clear, too, so perhaps not. After all, SCOTUS is much smarter than we are and see all those wonderful
nuances in the Constitution that simple folk such as myself cannot.
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