The Ex Post Facto Clause Is Violated When

question 39

Multiple Choice

The Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when:

• A) a defendant pleads nolo contendere to a charge and is sentenced anyway.
• B) an individual is sentenced under Federal Sentencing Guidelines that become effective after the individual committed an offense when application of the new guidelines resulted in a harsher sentence than would have been imposed when the offense occurred.
• C) a person is prevented from having to bear legal consequences for an act when such legal consequences did not exist at the time the act was committed.
• D) the length of a convicted individual's sentence and the amount of the fine fall outside a specified range.

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