As the national security law for Hong Kong has taken effect, one of the most concerning issues is whether the law will apply to acts that happened before it came into force? Watch the video to ...

The law of retroactivity has a troubled history in the Supreme Court, largely because it is so intellectually confounding. But also, retroactivity allows long-convicted offenders to seek relief (thus ...

Lane "makes the retroactivity of our criminal procedure decisions turn on whether they are novel," Kagan wrote. The Padilla decision was just that, she said. "When we decided Padilla, ...

So retroactivity rules that are harsh in the short term can lead to more rights in the long term. But even if there is no federal right to resentencing, that does not mean that juvenile offenders ...

Retroactivity — the Path to Fairness Dan Zeidman, ACLU Washington Legislative Office. Share This Page. June 2, 2011. June 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's declaration of a ...

This question of “retroactivity” has troubled courts for decades. But based on the writings of a the late Justice John Marshall Harlan II, the Court has decided over time that new “substantive” ...

Blog: As I reported after the Black and Brown Forum, Mark Penn noted that other candidates' support for making changes to drug sentencing retroactive was ...

Justices Consider Retroactivity for Decision Requiring Unanimous Juries for Criminal Convictions. In Louisiana, Oregon and Puerto Rico, hundreds or thousands of convictions could be overturned. By .

Such "absolute retroactivity" in cases already decided by the courts would deny justice to the victims of crime, offend against the fundamental and just interests of society, undermine the need ...

Colorado lawmakers in the House have passed a bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse to hold organizations accountable through civil lawsuits retroactively to 1960.