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  • There's this thing in the Constitution called habeus corpus which you have to write in italics because it's Latin.

    Deborah Kory: How to Interpret the Ten Commandments 2008

  • "I wonder why nobody has mentioned that Abe Lincoln also believed," his powers of chief executive allowed him to abridge individuals 'rights such as habeus corpus, trial by jury, free speech, and private property in order to preserve the union "(" Lincoln's Constitution "2003, Daniel Farber)."

    News from www.pantagraph.com 2008

  • The prisoner would then have the alternative of going into court (if he knows how to) and seeking a writ of habeus corpus — except that * that* might get the attention of immigration, or waiting to be released.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Arizona Law is Much Worse than the Federal Law It is Supposedly Based On 2010

  • It would reflect well on this blog were we to encounter one-half the volume or intensity of objections to faulty convictions (which lead to innocents spending years or decades in prison, perhaps on death row, consequent to prosecutorial neglect, incompetence or worse) as that expressed with respect to overruled grants of habeus corpus petitions.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010

  • A Multnomah County, Oregon judge today discharged a writ of habeus corpus filed on behalf of John Whitaker, according to

    This is an archive of a past election 2010

  • Arthur Kirkland wrote: It would reflect well on this blog were we to encounter one-half the volume or intensity of objections to faulty convictions (which lead to innocents spending years or decades in prison, perhaps on death row, consequent to prosecutorial neglect, incompetence or worse) as that expressed with respect to overruled grants of habeus corpus petitions.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010

  • It would reflect well on this blog were we to encounter one-half the volume or intensity of objections to faulty convictions (which lead to innocents spending years or decades in prison, perhaps on death row, consequent to prosecutorial neglect, incompetence or worse) as that expressed with respect to overruled grants of habeus corpus petitions.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010

  • More important, how is any of this relevant to the original call for at least as much attention to wrongful convictions (which put innocents in prison, with essentially no accountability for law enforcement personnel) as is aimed at overturned habeus petitions (which, I believe, generally do not spare a prisoner a moment of incarceration).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010

  • The Patriot Act, spying on American citizens, the TSA, “free-speech” cages, loss of habeus corpus, attacks, torture ..

    Matthew Yglesias » A Friend in Need 2009

  • More important, how is any of this relevant to the original call for at least as much attention to wrongful convictions (which put innocents in prison, with essentially no accountability for law enforcement personnel) as is aimed at overturned habeus petitions (which, I believe, generally do not spare a prisoner a moment of incarceration).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010

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