ELI5. What happens to ‘criminals’ when the law changes and what they were imprisoned for is no longer illegal? Submitted by L0rdTeddingt0n t3_11bu64n on February 25, 2023 at 8:01 PM in explainlikeimfive 44 comments 104
StupidLemonEater t1_j9zvf06 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 8:06 PM Nothing. You broke the law and were duly convicted. That the law has since changed is irrelevant. In some cases law changes like that are accompanied with mass amnesties or pardons, but not necessarily. Permalink 9
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