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Originally Posted by richlevy
The 'loophole' would have consisted of saying that people who were already imprisoned under the old law have as much a right to freedom as the people who would have been convicted if the law hadn't changed.
That's not a loophole, that's 'equal justice under law'.
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And that is the problem. People who were rightly convicted under the old law were put there for good reason. This kid should never have gone to jail. But the 50 year old man who has sex with your 12 year old daughter more likely should have been there and has no right to release.