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What type of law punishes a person for doing something that was not illegal at the time it was done?
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∙ 12y ago
That would be making a law retroactive to a date before the passing of the law. The US Constitution forbids doing it. That would be known as an Ex Post Facto Law and is unconstitutional.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y ago"Ex post facto" Derived from the latin "es post facto", meaning "after the fact".
Added: (in the US) passage of this type of law is prohibited by the Constitution.
Added: So does in the Philippines. 1987 Constitution, ARTICLE III, Bill of Rights,
SECTION 22. No ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.
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∙ 15y agoEx post facto law
Make an act punishable as a crime when such an act was not an offense when committed.
http://www.answers.com/topic/ex-post-facto-law
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∙ 12y ago(in the US) there are no such laws because they are unconstitutional - but what you are referring to are EX POST FACTO laws.
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∙ 12y agoAn ex post facto law; I could also describe that as retroactive law enforcement.
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∙ 11y agoex post facto law, which is prohibited by the US Constitution
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∙ 10y ago- ex post facto law.
- retroactive law.
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∙ 11y agowrit of habeas corpus
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∙ 13y agoI think ex-post facto laws
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