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Reply #3: Not sure if that's true, constitutionally. [View All]

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Wed Sep-20-06 10:49 PM
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3. Not sure if that's true, constitutionally.

Ex post facto laws are those that attempt to retroactively criminalize conduct that wasn't a crime at the time it was committed. However, although laws are presumed to be prospective, and retroactivity is disfavored, I don't think that simply conferring immunity on someone after the fact is necessarily unconstitutional. It would totally piss me off, though.

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