Maryland Constitution

Article Declaration of Rights, § 17

Maryland Const. art. Declaration of Rights, § 17

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That retrospective Laws, punishing acts committed before the existence of such Laws, and by them only declared criminal are oppressive, unjust and incompatible with liberty; wherefore, no ex post facto Law ought to be made; nor any retrospective oath or restriction be imposed, or required.

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