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Making an Act Criminal After It Is Committed or Retroactively

Question 21

Question 21

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Making an act criminal after it is committed or retroactively increasing punishment is called


A) habeas corpus.
B) a bill of attainder.
C) an ex post facto law.
D) double jeopardy.

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