To: SmithL
I'm not for sex offenders, but making a law that impacts punishment on those who were never given that as punishment is wrong.
I believe that is called an "ex post facto" law and is generally illegal.
To: ConservativeMind
Ex post facto law has been illegal in Common Law ever since Magna Carta.
But now that Harvard Law School has decided to cut back on teaching first year law students about Common Law, I wonder how much longer we will enjoy this basic right.
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11/27/2006 3:11:35 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: ConservativeMind
I voted for the law as a tool for judges to use.
Making it go backwards is wrong!!!!! No judge has ever looked at the punishment as applied to that individual offender. If they can do this to a sex offender law, then they can do it to gun laws as well. This is WRONG!!!!
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