Does a $3000 Bail Bond violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.?

Question

I was arrested for missing a court date,(the court date was for a civil case about a restitution review) I was unaware of the court date until about 5-6 hours after my scheduled court date, I turned myself in and was arrested and my bond was $3000 Cash. I have no prior arrests or charges against me. At my pre-trail I was told I had to either post the $3000 bond or stay in jail until my new court date. Luckily I was able to post the bond and get out, but $3000 seems high for this offense, and i even turned myself in, which would proved I would not flee from the warrant.

Answer 1

Civil case ?  

Can you prove you had no knowledge of the hearing ?

Answer 2

For a failure to appear on a court date that really is not that high of a bond amount, it kinda depends from county to county, judge to judge. As long as the judge isn't making the bond amount so high that you can't afford to post bond than it isn't really unconstitutional. The point of a bail bond is to make sure that you show up to your next court date, which just because you turned yourself in, doesn't mean you won't skip town on your next one  (Im not saying you would because your really only facing minor charges) but I have had people skip on us that originally turned themselves in.        

  They also base it on how much you earn, maybe they thought that 3000 was enough to make you want to show up for your next one.  It would have been easier to pay a bondsman, that way you would only have to pay the 300 (more than likely the jail will try to take some fees out of your 3000, which can total more than the 10 percent a bondsman would charge