Retroactivity of Legislative Reformation
No one can be imprisoned under a statute which has been repealed, or
amended such that the individual could not be convicted under
now-standing law. The option of a new trial must be offered to anyone
imprisoned under a statute which has been replaced or subsumed. Time
incarcerated for a conviction which could not be achieved under
now-standing law must be appropriately compensated, through public
exoneration and refund/nullification of all payments paid/liabilities
assumed by the falsely convicted party incurred through the cost of
imprisonment.
No one can be charged with violating a statute if that statute was not
standing at the time the actions comprising the crime took place.
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