Related to ex post facto: Ex post facto law. adj. Latin for after the fact, which refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increases the penalty for a crime after it is committed. Such laws are specifically prohibited by the U. S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9.
Carpinteria, CA. Sponsored Topics. Carpinteria is a small oceanside city located in south Santa Barbara County, California, east of Santa Barbara and northwest of Ventura. The population was 13,040 at the 2010 census, down from 14,194 at the 2000 census.
By Peggy Smith Hake. Of all the county's towns, Iberia is most familiar to me. I know more about the town because I was born there and grew to adulthood there. I have researched more thoroughly the history of Iberia, not because she is more important, but because she is my hometown.