Timeline for Can a person be "cleared" of a conviction for something that is no longer a crime?
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| Dec 24, 2022 at 1:03 | answer | added | Mary | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 22, 2021 at 13:45 | vote | accept | Libra | ||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 22:05 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | These might help answer your question: law.stackexchange.com/questions/41464/… law.stackexchange.com/questions/1667/… law.stackexchange.com/questions/24971/… | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 16:12 | history | edited | Libra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 30, 2020 at 13:27 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | Not in the US, but the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 lays out a procedure for men in England and Wales convicted of homosexual acts to apply for a pardon. (The laws against homosexual acts were themselves repealed in 1967.) However, it's important to note that there had to specifically be a law passed to allow for such applications to be made. | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 7:11 | comment | added | Trish | note that while some states legalized the material, the federal statues still make it illegal. | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 4:38 | history | edited | Libra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 30, 2020 at 1:48 | answer | added | user6726 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 1:28 | comment | added | Ron Beyer | On what basis? It was a crime then, they broke the law. Law's aren't typically retroactive for the same reason that something legal X years ago becoming illegal now doesn't mean they can be punished for past digressions. | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 1:28 | comment | added | phoog | I suspect that the answer is, in general, no, unless the state in question has specifically authorized it (which seems unlikely, given the administrative headaches). Are you interested in a particular state? | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 1:13 | history | asked | Libra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |