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[actionjackson]

Of course, seeing how its illegal now.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/us-usa-obama-congress-idUSBRE83310N20120404

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[ontheway]

It is generally held by the courts that you cannot prosecute someone for an act that wasn't illegal at the time the act was committed.

This is as it should be.

Even when there are people who deserve to be prosecuted, the principle of not charging people for crimes that don't exist must be upheld.

Unfortunate consequences:

IIRC: There was a case some decades ago where some State legislature revised its Penal Code and in doing so inadvertently left a 24 hour window where some laws were repealed before the replacement law took effect. The result was that a sharp lawyer was able to get a rape case thrown out because the rape occurred during the 24 hour lapse in the law.

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