U.S. Appeals Court: PAROLE EX POST FACTO.Scott v. Baldwin. 225 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2000). An inmate petitioned for habeas corpus habeas corpus (hā`bēəs kôr`pəs) [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of the person in his custody at a specified time to a relief alleging that a state's refusal to provide biennial reviews of his dangerous offender In Canadian criminal law, a convicted person who is designated a dangerous offender may be subjected to an indeterminate prison sentence, whether or not the crime carries a life sentence. status was an ex post facto ex post facto adj. Latin for "after the fact," which refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increases the penalty for a crime after it is committed. Such laws are specifically prohibited by the U. S. violation. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the inmate's argument that elimination of psychological examinations of dangerous offenders as the result of an amendment to state law increased the risk that he would receive a longer sentence because the parole board pa`role´ board` n. 1. A group of individuals with authority to determine whether a prisoner will be granted parole from a particular prison. would have less information to review his case, was too speculative to support an ex post facto claim. (Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution) |
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