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ex post facto

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A quick definition of ex post facto:

Ex post facto means punishing someone for something that was legal when they did it. This is not allowed by the United States Constitution. It applies to laws made by Congress and by states. The punishment cannot be made worse after the crime was committed, and the person cannot be denied a defense that was available at the time. However, this rule does not always apply to court decisions. The Year and a Day Rule is an example of a common law doctrine that is affected by ex post facto.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Ex post facto is a Latin term that means "from a thing done afterward." It refers to a criminal statute that punishes actions retroactively, making conduct illegal that was legal when originally performed.

Examples:

  • If a law is passed today that makes it illegal to drive a red car, and someone who drove a red car yesterday is punished for it, that would be an ex post facto law.
  • If a person is convicted of a crime and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but then a new law is passed that increases the punishment for that crime to 20 years, the person cannot be retroactively sentenced to 20 years under the ex post facto clause.

These examples illustrate how ex post facto laws punish people for actions that were legal at the time they were performed or increase the punishment for a crime after it was committed. This violates the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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