Sure" He said with the knife firmly gripped in his hands. The man then put his right hand over Liam's and forced his hand into stabbing himself. Liam ...ooked horrified. "Liam what the fuck was that? Why did you stab him?" His friends asked, since they had been quickly walking away as the situation unfolded and were not close enough to see what had really happened."I...I...he..." Liam stuttered. The wounded figure looked him in the eyes and said, "Now it's your turn for your life to be ruined.". The prohibition in the United States Constitution of ex post facto laws protects us from doing something and having the legislature making it illegal later. A criminal act may be punished even though there are no witnesses to it. A man does not lose any rights because he thought when committing an illegal act that the only witnesses would not be allowed to testify and then he finds out that they were.“I’ll accept Mr. Steuben’s second point,” the judge said. “As long as I can rule on the law, I. "Why don't you just run along now. I'm working on your case and, as I said, I have other jobs to do, too. I'll get in touch with you when I have something to report."She walked around the desk and stood beside me."Stand up," she said firmly."Who died and made you queen?" I asked. I had to crane my neck to look up at her. Who'd have thought neck muscles were connected to ribs? I couldn't hide the wince this time."What happened to you?" she asked."Nothing," I said testily. "I bumped into. Hewas still on speaker phone through the car speakers and there was a truck parked behind her full ofconstruction guys or something. The guys behind her glanced in her direction as she stuttered“b...but....” “Right now” He cut her off. “You know the rules” He said in a devious voice. She rolledher eyes and leaned back against the car. She was wearing a skirt so it wouldn’t be that much of anordeal but the guys in the truck were probably eye fucking her to begin with and were not likely to.