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habeas corpus

In law, a writ directed to someone who has custody of a person, ordering him or her to bring the person before the court issuing the writ and to justify why the person is detained in custody.

Traditional rights to habeas corpus were embodied in law mainly caused by Lord Shaftesbury, in the English Habeas Corpus Act 1679. The main principles were adopted in the US Constitution.



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This is just some of what the bill allows: broad definition of enemy combatant, no right to habeus corpus, arbitrary detention, unrestricted torture of detainees, all past acts of torture and abuse exonerated, military control over sentencing of detainees, use of coerced statements, reversal of Hamdi v.
Innocent to suffer by Strausbaugh, Gregory / The New American
He has denied habeus corpus for years to Jose Padilla, an American citizen, along the way doing everything he could to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on the constitutionality of his actions.
Out of order: how the GOP broke Congress by Drum, Kevin / Washington Monthly
``Otherwise we will have to file habeus corpus motions.
2 PRIESTS FREED, OTHERS AWAIT REVIEW OF OLD CASES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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