Comments on: Very good lines https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/very-good-lines/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/very-good-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-165572 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:30:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30813#comment-165572 As I read the story about “innocents” in prison, it appears that subsequent to the questioned convictions, an appeals court ruled against S. Carolina’s interpretation of the law.

I’m not mistaken in that in general, appellate decisions are not applied retroactively.

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