verification of the respective prerequisites, and criminal laws with a content
more favourable to the defendant shall be applied retroactively.
5. No-one shall be tried more than once for the same matter.
6. Citizens who are unjustly convicted shall have the right to have t heir
sentences reviewed and to receive compensation for any damages they have
suffered, as prescribed by law.
Article 66
(Limits on sentences and security measures)
1. No sentence or security measure that deprives or restricts freedom shall be
perpetual in nature or of an unlimited or undefined duration.
2. Convicted persons who are the object of a sentence or security measure that
deprives them of their freedom shall retain their fundamental rights, subject
only to the limitations inherent to their convictions and to the specific
requirements imposed by the execution of the respective sentences.
Article 67
(Guarantees in criminal proceedings)
1. No-one may be detained, imprisoned or brought to trial unless under the
terms of the law, and all defendants or prisoners shall be guaranteed the right
to a defence, appeal and legal counsel.
2. All citizens shall be presumed innocent until their sentence has become res
judicata.
3. The defendant shall have the right to choose a lawyer or counsel and to be
assisted by them throughout the legal proceedings, and the cases and phases
in which legal assistance is obligatory shall be specified by law.
4. Defendants and prisoners shall have the right to receive visits from their
lawyer, family, friends and religious counsellor and to correspond with them,
without prejudice to the provisions contained in Article 63(e) and Article
194(3) .
5. Defendants or prisoners who are unable to appoint a lawyer for financial
reasons must, under the terms of the law, be ensured adequate legal aid.
6. Any individual who is sentenced shall have the right to lodge an appeal or
extraordinary review procedure with the appropriate court against their penal
sentence, under the terms of the law.
Article 68
(Habeas corpus)
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