Reasons To Abolish The Eight Amendment

If I had to choose to give up one of my rights under the Bill of Rights, I would choose to abolish the Eight Amendment. This amendment defines the right to a reasonably priced bail and/or fine, and no cruel nor immense punishment be given. With this being said, I do not believe that someone being charged with littering, jaywalking, or any other minor crime where no harm or injury was inflicted, should be charged with an elongated prison sentence or immense fee. I merely believe that allowing someone with a very serious crime charge should not be able to simply pay a fee and be allowed back into the community temporarily until their trial. By doing this, we could reduce crime rate on the streets generated by people being released before their
trials. However, for this to work, we would need an unbiased legal system to ensure that no judge or another law figure delivered an excessive sentence and/or bail rate based on their beliefs and not the facts at hand.