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  2. Ex post facto law - Wikipedia

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    Ex post facto laws are expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 (with respect to federal laws) and Article 1, Section 10 (with respect to state laws). In some nations that follow the Westminster system of government, ex post facto laws may be possible, because the doctrine of parliamentary ...

  3. Good behaviour bond - Wikipedia

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    In Queensland, the relevant act for good behaviour bonds is the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). [6] Section 19(1)(b) states that "The court may make an order that the offender be released...on the conditions that the offender must be of good behaviour and appear for conviction and sentence if called on at any time during such period". [7]

  4. Sentence (law) - Wikipedia

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    The sentences of condemnation are also classified by the penalty they determine: sentence of reclusion, sentence of fee, sententia agendi, sentence that impose a determined action or a series of action as a penalty for the illegal act. This kind of sentence became better developed and remained in wider use in common law systems.

  5. “Added 9 Years To A Short Sentence”: 50 Lawyers Recall The ...

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    Image credits: gwart_ #3. I had a case where a guy was charged for running a red light. The thing is, he had been sitting at the lights for five minutes, and it hadn’t changed.

  6. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    4.5 to 16.5 years (3 to 11 years if crime committed before 2021, 3 to 10 years if crime committed before 2019) (if underlying offense is a felony) 9 months to 3 years (if underlying offense is a misdemeanor) Voluntary Manslaughter 4.5 to 16.5 years (3 to 11 years if crime committed before 2021, 3 to 10 years if crime committed before 2019)

  7. Mandatory sentencing - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory sentencing and increased punishment were enacted when the United States Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1951. [9] The act made a first time cannabis possession offense a minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to $20,000; however, in 1970, the United States Congress repealed mandatory penalties for cannabis offenses. [10]

  8. Burglary in English law - Wikipedia

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    Section 9(3) of the Theft Act 1968, as substituted by section 26(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, provides that: A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding - (a) where the offence was committed in respect of a building or part of a building which is a dwelling, fourteen ...

  9. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.