Labels:book | bulletin board | poster | reckoner | sky OCR: THE RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF A STATUTE INCREASING THE TIME PERIOD FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PAROLE FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS "INFLICTS GREATER PUNISHMENT" FOR CRIME AND VIOLATES THE POST FACTO CLAUSE QF THE CONSTITUTION. The Fourth Circuit found that "South Carolina has undoubtedly applied its new statute to 'alter the conditions of. ..[Roller's] preexisting parole eligibility Roller Cavanaugh, 984 F.2d at 124 (citing Fender Thompson 883 F.2d 303 306 (4th Cir 1989)). Based upon the established general rule in the Fourth Circuit that changes parole eligibility after the commission of the crime are in violation the Fx Post Facto Clause the Circuit Court found a violation of the Constitution in Roller's case This decision conforms with the long standing rules of this Court as to the post facto pr ...
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