[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Death penalty, is unfortunately, almost certainly excluded as ex post facto. The Supreme Court, in its superior wisdom < /sarcasm> struck down all existing death penalty statutes then in effect, meaning the worst penalty for any crime was life.

The Constitution explicitly and correctly forbids making something illegal after the fact or increasing the penalties for a crime after it's committed.

[ccmay]

The Constitution explicitly and correctly forbids making something illegal after the fact or increasing the penalties for a crime after it's committed.

Tell that to all the guys who slammed a door in their wife's face years ago, pleaded no contest to minor domestic violence misdemeanors, and then found their right to own a gun cancelled ex post facto a decade or two later.

I wonder if Heller will help rectify this?

-ccm

[Luke21]

Earl Warren just did whatever he wanted. He was the worst SC chief justice in history, a virtual dictator. He did the dirty work for the left like LBJ and MacNamarea, but you notice that the libs are very quiet about him. No movies have been made about that ghastly trio.