North Dakota Constitution

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Bail
- State ex rel. West v. Collins, 10 N.D. 464 (1901)
- State v. Tucker, 57 N.D. 508 (1928)
Excessive Fines
- Stoner v. Nash Finch, 446 N.W.2d 747 (N.D. 1989)
- Black Hills Trucking v. N.D. Indus. Comm'n, 2017 ND 284
Cruel or Unusual Punishment
- State v. Jochim, 55 N.D. 313 (1927) (“The term “cruel” refers to the form of the punishment and its infliction as barbarous; the term “unusual” is used in reference to the frequency.”)
- State v. Kingen, 58 N.D. 327 (1929)

U.S. Const. amend. VIII (“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”)

Cooley Const. Lim. pp. 376-78 (bail), pp. 402-04 (excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishments)
Phillips, James Cleith, The Original Meaning of Bailable in the Utah Constitution (July 19, 2021) (collecting parallel provisions and late 1800s sources)