Garner v. Jones, No. 99-137 (U.S. Supreme Court) (529 U.S. 244; 120 S.Ct. 1362) (March 28, 2000) (Justice Kennedy)
Here the Court held that the retroactive use of a new parole board rule, decreasing the frequency of parole hearings from every three years to every eight years, did not violate the Ex Post Factor Clause absent a showing that it increased sentences.
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