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In the government's view, there is no ex post facto problem in applying the offenses on the 2006 list to pre-2006 conduct, because the Military Commission Act didn't create new crimes but simply recognized pre-existing ones.

The three drone-related bills were rejected along with six others that Brown disliked because they would create new crimes.

Two of the sections create new crimes for undocumented immigrants: for failure to have legal immigration papers while in Arizona, and for applying for or holding a job.

If legislatures want to impose longer prison sentences or "if they create new crimes, then the legislature should appropriate dollars for that," he says.

It has created new crimes, such as glorifying terrorism or inciting religious hatred, that, say critics, dampen freedom of speech.

But most states avoided creating new crimes for immigration violations, as Arizona did in two provisions that were struck down.

Heedless of critics who point out that the crime rate is in long-term decline and that harsh jail terms have been shown not to work, the government has introduced new mandatory minimum sentences, increased and made mandatory so-called "victim surcharges" (an additional fine used to fund victims' services) and created new crimes that call for incarceration.

But the measure was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown, who nixed a number of bills that would have created new crimes.

While crime is falling, the number of laws creating new crimes is growing at an alarming rate.

It creates new crimes of "aggravated homosexuality," carrying a life sentence; "the promotion of homosexuality," carrying a five-year sentence; and "aiding and abetting homosexuality," carrying a seven-year sentence.

Felony crime bills: In the Sept. 12 California section, an article about four proposals to create new felony crimes calling for prison or jail time referred to a rampage in which six people were killed.