A possible characteristic of an ex post facto law is

A. it inflicts a lesser punishment than the original law.
B. it makes criminal an act committed less than six months after passage of the law, thus preventing the criminal from having enough time to know that it was a crime.
C. it alters the legal rules of evidence, allowing evidence of guilt that is lesser or different from what the law required at the time the offense was committed.
D. All of the answers are correct.


Answer: C

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