protects accused person's rights after trial
if a person is founded guilty of a crime, there is to be no excessive charge / punishment (EX: hanging)
The 8th Amendment.
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
The twenty-fourth amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes in federal elections.
Poll taxes -NovaNET
You may be thinking of another Amendment - like the 19th which prohibited denying women the right to vote. The 20th amendment is a simple amendment that sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies
prohibits the federal government (and states under the incorporation doctrine) from imposing excessive bail or fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
Prison officials are obligated under the Eighth Amendment to provide prisoners with adequate medical care.
It used to be in some places. But it's not allowed now. The 8th amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment. So even if it was still on some New England law book - and I'd guess that somewhere it is - it can't be enforced.
Under the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution, the powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.Amendment X(Tenth Amendment)The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Amendments to the Constitution are usually phrased in general terms. In order to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, Congress had to create and pass a law specifying things like who would be responsible for enforcement and what the penalties for breaking the law would be.
In 1972, three cases, Branch v. Georgia, Furman v. Georgia and Jackson v. Georgia were all brought before the Supreme Court. A decision was issued collectively under Furman v. Georgia that ruled that current death penalty statutes were unconstitutional under the eighth amendment.
Wisconsin is part of the Union, and slavery is prohibited under Federal Law and the US Constitution. It may also be prohibited under the Wisconsin Constitution as well.