Ex Post Facto Law |
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| Editor:
| Miller, Frederic P.
Vandome, Agnes F.
John, McBrewster |
| ISBN: | 978-613-0-84536-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An ex post facto law (from the Latin for from after the action) or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions committed or relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. In reference to criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; or it may aggravate a crime by...
More DescriptionPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An ex post facto law (from the Latin for from after the action) or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions committed or relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. In reference to criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; or it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in at the time it was committed; or it may change or increase the punishment prescribed for a crime, such as by adding new penalties or extending terms; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make conviction for a crime more likely than it would have been at the time of the action for which a defendant is prosecuted. Conversely, a form of ex post facto law commonly known as an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts or alleviate possible punishments (for example by replacing the death sentence with life-long imprisonment) retroactively.