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Please help!!!! Decide which amendment is being violated in this scenario - "David is caught stealing a pack of gum from a gas station. He is fined $10,000 and given a life-sentence in prison."

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It violates amendment 8 since he was given a life sentence, a cruel punishment, and fined 10,000 dollars for a small crime
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