Type the correct answer in the box. spell all words correctly. complete the following sentence. the states that a defendant should not be required to pay an excessively high bail amount during the pretrial process.

The Excessive Bail Clause of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that a defendant should not be required to pay an excessively high bail amount during the pretrial process.

The idea is that bail should not be used:

Bail is meant to give the arrested person the possibility to remain free up to the point where they are summoned to court, because during the pretrial process, they have not yet been convicted of a crime.

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i think a judge or jury, as they preside over the court and is the central figure in a trial.

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