After Supreme Court Ruling, States Grapple With How To Define an Excessive Fine

The Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Timbs v. Indiana revived the Excessive Fines Clause. Now state courts have to come up with tests to determine what’s excessive.

“Surely, if the Excessive Fines Clause means anything, it means that the government cannot confiscate a defendant’s entire net worth when the maximum fine set by the legislature is less than one-tenth of the value of the forfeited asset.”

https://reason.com/2022/11/04/after-supreme-court-ruling-states-grapple-with-how-to-define-an-excessive-fine/

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