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Like wearing white shirts is illegal, effective 2001? So anyone you can prove wore a white shirt 2001-2020 is going to jail? That would be pretty stupid.



It's possible in some jurisdictions although as you say they can very easily be unjust.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law




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