In this excerpt, what is the english bill of rights
prohibiting?
and excessive bail hath been required of persons
committed in criminal cases to elude the benefit of the
laws made for the liberty of the subjects: and excessive
fines have been imposed; and illegal and cruel
punishments inflicted.
bails that are too moderate
the free election of parliament members
freedom of speech
cruel and illegal punishment

cruel and illegal punishment

Explanation:

THe excerpt is trying to develop the idea that punishment should be just the necessary for the crimes, nothing more nothing less, and it searches to protect the right of people to be treated fairly in their trials as well as if found guilty in their punishments, in the frist sentece speaks about excesive bail, which would be somthing like an excesive fine or bill to be payed for their mistakes.

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”