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"52. True, our Constitution has no `due process' clause or the VIII Amendment; but, in this branch of law, after Cooper (supra) and Maneka Gandhi (supra), the consequence is the same."
76. The Eighth Amendment (1791) to the Constitution of United States virtually emanated from the English Bill of Rights (1689). The text of the Eighth Amendment reads, "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." The English Bill of Rights drafted a century ago postulates, "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."