Alabama Constitution

Article I, § 7 — Accusation, Arrest and Detention; Punishment Limited to Laws Established Prior to Offense

Alabama Const. art. I, § 7

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Ala. Const. art. I, § 7.

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That no person shall be accused or arrested, or detained, except in cases ascertained by law, and according to the form which the same has prescribed; and no person shall be punished but by virtue of a law established and promulgated prior to the offense and legally applied.

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