The Alabama State Bureau of Investigations has recently hired you. You received a complaint from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that the Madison County Circuit Court violates the United States Alabama Constitution.
The SPLC claims they have reached out to Judge Maria Impartial, and she has agreed to stop requiring bonds for criminal defendants pending their appearance in the trial. The SPLC view is that poor people disproportionately arrested and charged with crimes are being held for lengthy periods before having their official day in court. Given that they are assumed innocent until proven guilty, the requirement of a bond for these poor individuals, in essence, means that they are required to start serving a jail sentence before their actual conviction.
You reach out to Judge Impartial and inquire about her new approach for handling bonds, and she informs you that she will no longer require a bond unless the defendant has an annual income over $100,000. She has indicated that she is open to reconsideration of her policy if you can convince her that the bond is not a violation of the Constitution’s cruel and unusual punishment provision.
Using some historical resources to trace the development of bonds in the United States,
form an argument for Judge Impartial that either supports her legal decision that
bond is cruel and unusual punishment or counters her argument and would convince her
that she should reconsider the use of bonds. Beyond the historical development of bond
use court cases and legal resources to support your arguments either way.
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