Ex-Post Facto Analysis

When looking at the term ex-post facto one must understand that it is the use of the law that makes the law retroactive from the time that a law is passed from a governmental body (Brody and Acker, 2010). This meaning that the if an action has been committed by a person and was not a criminal offense at the time, but later after a law was passed making the same action a criminal offense with the law punishing any person that had committed the crime before the law was passed.
When the writers of the first ten amendments of the Constitution wrote, them they wanted to protect the rights of the citizens to ensure that ex-post facto could not place their liberties in jeopardy (McAllister, 1927). The protection of freedom in the of our citizens ensures