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What's the rule on ex post facto laws? Oh - you can't be prosecuted if it becomes illegal after you do it. I get it.
"The new indictment came hours after DeLay's attorneys filed a request to dismiss the case. That request argued that the conspiracy charge was based on a law that was not effective until 2003, the year after the alleged money transfers."
If that is the case - and I really don't know if it is - then this is simply political hackery. Legal in 2002 when done, illegal in 2003 when the laws changed.
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