MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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Legislative bodies should not condemn individuals without a trial.
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It is unfair to penalize someone for behavior that was legal at the time.
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Judges with lifetime tenure might be tempted to use their poweroppressively.
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Individuals should have the right to apply to a federal court against unjust imprisonment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It states that a person can neither be punished for any offence which was at the time of commission not charged as an offence nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence. Hence termed as Ex-Post facto Law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Protection from Ex post facto law (Art. It means that legislature can not make a law which provides for punishment of acts which were committed prior to the date when it cam into force. This means that a new law can not punish an old act.
Detailed explanation-3: -ex post facto law, law that retroactively makes criminal conduct that was not criminal when performed, increases the punishment for crimes already committed, or changes the rules of procedure in force at the time an alleged crime was committed in a way substantially disadvantageous to the accused.