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No Ex Post Facto Violation in Permanent Loss of Forfeited Good Time
Loaded on May 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1998, page 11
The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that a Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) directive forbidding prison officials from restoring good time credits previously lost did not violate the ex post facto clause. Since 1977 Texas law has allowed the director of the Texas Department of Criminal ...
Filed under:
Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings),
Sentencing,
Ex Post Facto,
Good Time,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Texas.
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