Practice question
Is retroactively depriving an accused of an already applicable amnesty protection among the ex post facto categories discussed in Lacson?
- No, accrued protections are never relevant
- Yes
- Only a higher prison term can matter
- Only a new courtroom matters
- Amnesty can never affect criminal exposure
Legal references
- Constitution Article III Section 22; Lacson v. Executive Secretary, GR128096, January20 1999, main decision, ex post facto categories: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ; https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1999/jan1999/gr_128096_1999.html
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