Convicted criminals whose sentences increase during their prison term due to a change in the law have been illegally subjected to what kind of law?

a. cruel and unusual
b. habeas corpus
c. ex post facto
d. bill of attainder

c

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In a home-rule city, the power to govern is granted to the

A) state. B) city. C) county. D) special district. E) Board of Governors.

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The attempts at rapid economic development by many countries such as Brazil __________

a. increased GNP and raised the standard of living for all of the country's citizens b. gave the countries more control of international markets for commodities such as sugar and coffee c. forced many subsistence farmers to leave their land to seek jobs in urban areas where most ended up in slums d. have forced more and more people to abandon their farms and move onto communes

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