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True or false Ex post facto laws prevent the accused from being charged with a crime that wasn't a crime before?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Actually, it's just the opposite. It's actually laws that were used in the Revolutionary era decreeing that a person couldbe arrested when they did something that wasn't a crime when they did it, but now it's a crime.
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∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoFalse.
(in the US) Ex Post Facto laws are unconstitutional, PERIOD!
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What guarantee gives accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed?
Habeas Corpus
