Practice question · Select all that apply
Which statements about retroactivity are correct?
Hints
- Reaching backwards is barred when it worsens someone's position.
- The bar runs in only one direction, a lighter penalty is treated differently.
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- A. Punitive norms can never reach back to punish past acts
- C. A lighter penalty can apply retroactively in the offender’s favor
- D. By default, new norms govern only future situations
Why
Non-retroactivity of punitive and restrictive norms is a constitutional guarantee, the one direction time’s arrow cannot be reversed. Favorable retroactivity is the humane exception.
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