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Sec. Aft.

14. V.

VIRGINIA.

Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The privilege of the writ of Eabeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in cases of invasion or rebellion, the public safety may require it. The General Assembly shall not pass any bill of attainder or any ex post facto law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, or any law whereby private property shall be taken for public uses without just compensation, or any law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall any man be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened in his body or goods, or otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and the same shall in no wise affect, diminish or enlarge their civil capacities. And the General Assembly shall not prescribe any religious test whatever, or confer any peculiar privileges or advantages on any sect or denomination, or pass any law requiring or authorizing any religious society or the people of any district within this Commol wealth to levy on themselves or others any tax for the erection or repair of any house of public worship, or for the support of any church or ministry, but it shall be left free to every person to select his religious instructor and to make for his support such private contract as he shall please. WASHINGTON.

13. I.

The privilege of the writ of ha

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No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, unless on the presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases of impeachment, or in cases cognizable by justices of the peace, or arising in the army or navy, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; and no person for the same offense shall be put twice in jeopardy of punishment, shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself., All persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require.

WYOMING.

17. I. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless, when in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.

Bail, Fines.

BAIL, FINES.

I Sec. 5. Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive

2 fines imposed, nor shall cruel and unusual punishments be 3 inflicted, nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained.

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Sec. Art.

ing his testimony in any case longer than may be necessary in order to take his deposition. If he can give security, he shall be discharged; if he cannot give security, his deposition shall be taken by some judge of the Supreme, District or County Court, at the earliest time he can attend, at some convenient place by him appointed for that purpose, of which time and place the accused and the attorney prosecuting for the people, shall have reasonable notice. The accused shall have the right to appear in person and by counsel. If he have no counsel, the judge shall assign him one in that behalf only. On the completion of such examination, the witness shall be charged on his own recognizance, entered in before said judge, but such deposition shall not be used if, in the opinion of the court, the personal attendance of the witness might be procured by the prosecution, or is procured by the accused. No exception shall be taken to such deposition as to matters of form.

19. II.

That al persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great.

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