Punishing someone for an action that did not used to be a crime is an example of

An ex post facto law retroactively makes an action a crime or increases its punishment after the action occurred. Punishing someone for an action that was not a crime when they did it is an example of an ex post facto law. Habeas corpus concerns unlawful detention, while a bill of attainder punishes a person without a trial.

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