The 8th Amendment reads in part: "Excessive bail shall not be required…" and this was written well before America became known for incarcerating far more of its own citizens, then any other western nation. Additionally, such was written well before the logistics of our justice system, became so drawn out in the amount of time for the judicial process to be fully served, that the 6th Amendment which stipulates that the accused "shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial…" has now become routinely violated.
The bail process as typically practiced in American jurisprudence is quite obviously setup in a manner in which those with monetary assets, are segregated and thereby separated from all those that do not have such. This clearly indicates that the experience of being arrested by a person with money or the access to money is diametrically different from those that are improvident; of which, as reported by cnbc.com, "Some 40% of Americans would struggle to come up with $400 for an unexpected expense." In an era, in which bail amounts are seldom below $500, this signifies that the accused will have little choice but to attempt to take care of such through the auspices of a given bail bondsmen, of which, the biggest difference for all those that are unable to come up with the full amount of the bail, is that whatever amount is required by that bail bondsmen, is money that will never be returned to the suspect, as it represents the non-refundable fee so paid to obtain that bail. As for those, that at the end of the day are still unable to post bail so set for the crime that they are accused of, they will be incarcerated, though yet convicted of nothing, pending the typically glacial progress of America's criminal justice system.
The setting of excessive bail is routinely done in America, and is structured in a manner in which the least able amongst us, who are the indigent, the poor, the forsaken, the ill educated, and those suffering from a systemic lack of opportunity, are punished by the taking away of their freedom, which thereby subsequently destroys their credit rating, their employment, their rental history, their non-monetary assets, as well as the little that they do have, so as to be either pressured into a plea bargain, or to suffer to sit inside a jail facility, for an inordinate amount of time, though having not yet been convicted of anything.
It would be one thing if high bail was placed only upon those that are a true menace to society, such as those that are accused of murder, rape, terrorism, and other notorious crimes, but to a very large extent a lot of those suffering from excessive bail aren't in the scheme of things, a clear and present danger to society, at large; of which for all those law and order types, the answer to their concerns about suspects that have been arrested and thereupon let go, on their own recognizance, perhaps to thereupon harm society further, is the recognition that a justice system that truly provides a speedy trial, would address those concerns in a proper way, by getting to the nub of the matter and rendering therefore its justice.
In short, all of this excessive bail that America doles out, has indubitably proven that this does not resolve our crime issues; though it does indeed prove that America's justice system is surely non-egalitarian and structurally meant to punish the poor and the underclass, in a manner in which that justice so being rendered is never blind, but is instead wide-eye focused on keeping the little man in their place.