Oklahoma Lawyer Discusses Ex Post Facto Laws скачать в хорошем качестве

Oklahoma Lawyer Discusses Ex Post Facto Laws

I want to talk about Ex post facto laws. What is an Ex post facto law? It's basically a criminal statute that purports to criminalize conduct retroactively. In other words, it's passed after the act has already been committed and declares that act a crime, and purports to make it criminal going backward. So anybody who committed the act prior to the passage of that law has now committed a crime. Under the US Constitution and under the State Constitution, Ex post facto laws are unconstitutional. And I think the reason for this is obvious. You have no notice that such an act would be criminal and therefore, how were you to know you were breaking the law at the time you committed the act? Ex post facto laws along with Bills of Attainder, which I've talked about previously, were a tool used by the crown a lot in England during the Middle Ages and leading up to even the Colonial period. And it was typically a means for the Crown to get at political opponents. If somebody did something that the Crown disliked, then Parliament could pass an Ex post facto law to criminalize that behavior and then prosecute that individual. Need An Attorney? Give us a call at 918-879-1681 or submit a legal question at https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/ Want The Transcript? https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-... Join The Group! Have an Oklahoma legal question? There's a Facebook Group for that. Join me and the discussion by clicking the link and hitting "Join:"   / oklahoma.legal.questions