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Topic History of: Man can be jailed for allegedly raping his wife 50 years ago, even though such a crime did not exist Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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SJB
I do believe this is prohibited in international law and also Article 7 of ECHR. Not sure what rules apply to Australia though.
The idea of Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali is to stop despotic tyrants making up the rules as they go along for the sake of political expediency.