 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1999 - 220 sidor
...defendants are subject. It is well established that "to fall within the ex post facto prohibition, a law must be retrospective — that is 'it must apply to...before its enactment' — and it 'must disadvantage the offen4er affected by it' by altering the definition of criminal conduct or increasing the punishment... | |
 | David C. Brody, James R. Acker, Wayne A. Logan - 2001 - 674 sidor
...to fall within the ex post facto prohibition, two critical elements must be present: first, the law "must be retrospective, that is, it must apply to events occurring before its enactment"; and second, "it must disadvantage the offender affected by it." ld., at 29. We have also held in Dobbert... | |
 | Dean J. Champion - 2005 - 528 sidor
...early-release credits. To fall within the ex post facto prohibition, a law must be retrospective, in that it must apply to events occurring before its enactment and it must disadvantage offenders by either altering the definition of criminal conduct or increasing their punishment for... | |
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our decisions prescribe that two critical elements must be present for a criminal or penal law to be Ex Post Facto: it must be retrospective, that is, it must apply to events occurring before its enactment, and it must disadvantage the offender affected... 