Timeline for When a criminal statute is struck down as unconstitutional, what happens to people who were convicted under it?
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| S Nov 1, 2020 at 15:01 | history | suggested | Ren Eh Daycart | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2020 at 21:11 | comment | added | David Siegel | It is not so unlikjely as you might thiunk that a law specifying a criminal offense would be found unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, either as applied or on itss facIf for example the lsaw punishes excersize of a constitutional right, it may well be struck down. This has happened many times. not laws against murder, no. but many others, including laws against sodomy which seemed as long-standing. and many more recent laws. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 23:09 | comment | added | phoog | "I seriously doubt the courts would ever invalidate a crime that has been such since time immemorial": Sodomy? | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 10:08 | history | answered | Ed999 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |