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Originally Posted by dippin
It would only be ex post fact if he was caught before lautenberg. The idea that laws cannot be applied retroactively means that he cannot be charged with doing something before it was a crime, not that he cannot be charged with an ongoing violation that started before it was a crime.
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exactly, which is exactly what happened to hayes. his criminal conviction of general battery was changed to domestic battery 2 years after his conviction and his punishment increased because of it. that is ex post facto.
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