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rodikova [14]
4 years ago
7

Convicted criminals cannot have their sentences increased when a new law calls for tougher penalties due to a prohibition agains

t __________.
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1 answer:
MAXImum [283]4 years ago
6 0

The answer is ex post facto. This is a law where in it changes retroactively in terms of consequences that are considered to be legal. With this, it allows convicted criminals to have no increase in their sentences because of this law.

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