{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-16","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. I, § 16","heading":"Bail; fines; punishments; detention of witnesses.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nExcessive bail shall not be required; excessive fines shall not be imposed; cruel or unusual punishment shall not be inflicted; nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article I"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20I%20%C2%A7%2016","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"33bde58cc79987f0f57a5081f60b326e70ea9d13891de963c5d263b5b6beca45","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-15","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-17","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}