In State v. Hester, 233 N.J. 381 (2018), the Supreme Court held a 2014 amendment to N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4(d) that enhanced the penal consequences of a conviction for violating the conditions of community supervision for life (CSL), including by increasing the degree of the crime from a fourth-degree offense to a third-degree offense, constitutes an unconstitutional ex post facto law as applied to individuals who violate the conditions of CSL following the amendment's effective date. In this appeal, the court holds that under the savings statute, N.J.S.A. 1:1-15, an individual who violates the conditions of CSL following the 2014 amendment may be charged with, and convicted of, the fourth-degree offense extant under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4(d) when he or she was sentenced to CSL.