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
greatdrams23 t1_ja0ze01 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:56 AM So if a man was imprisoned for consensual homosexual acts stays in prison even when the jaw changes. Seems harsh considering that the law changed because it was deemed to be wrong. Permalink 1
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