Maybe. But it's a pretty strong component of the interaction between legislature and judiciary. Ambiguity should be resolved to make fewer things criminal. A

Maybe. But it's a pretty strong component of the interaction between legislature and judiciary. Ambiguity should be resolved to make fewer things criminal. And then the legislature can disambiguate if they deem it important enough business to do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_lenity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_lenity