2009-07-04: Headlines
Daily Kos: What might we learn from Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July? 2009-07-04
... rights guaranteed under International Law, ratified treaties, Habeas Corpus, the Constitution, military regulations, and statutes of the United States?
guardian.co.uk: The Human Rights Act: 800 years in the making 2009-07-04
... Carta became the first document to set out the right of habeas corpus and establish a tradition of civil rights in Britain that still exists today.
Momento 24: Belsunce case: They ask Carlos Carrascosa is released from prison. 2009-07-04
At the beginning of this week, the widowers defense presented an habeas corpus resource so that they release carrascosa, but also it was denied.
Scripps News: Editorial: It's time for TV cameras in Supreme Court 2009-07-03
... congressional power; executive power; defendants' rights -- habeas corpus, Guantanamo; civil rights -- voting rights, affirmative action; abortion.
Framingham TAB: HUDSON: Freedom cannot be compromised 2009-07-03
In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. In 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order to imprison thou ...
Bombay News: Court slams Gujarat Police for detaining boy 2009-07-03
Tasleema moved the court by filing a habeas corpus petition, fearing the police might deport her son to Bangladesh. After the court's directi ...
The News International: Illegal detention of citizen 2009-07-03
Abdul Rashid filed an application under section 491(habeas corpus) of the Criminal Procedure Code through Mohammed Nizar Tanoli that SIO Ashraf Awan picked ...
People's Weekly World: Fight to save Troy Davis grows 2009-07-03
According to Jealous, the high court agreed to consider a writ of habeas corpus in September, but noted that the last time such an appeal was granted was ...
St. Louis American: New evidence will be heard in Clemons case, MO Supreme Court ... 2009-07-03
This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed with full power and authority ...
ScienceBlogs: Which Branch Controls Terror Detainees? 2009-07-03
Daphne asks the obvious question: The real question is: Does the right to habeas corpus have any meaning if the courts can't order the prisoners released?
2009-07-03: Headlines
Washington Post: Secrecy v. Sunshine 2009-07-02
In rejecting the Justice Department's overreaching, the judge did not order immediate or even full disclosure of the evidence -- known in habeas corpu ...
Morning Sentinel: West Athens' offbeat, annual parade celebrates love of freedom 2009-07-02
"We will all have a sash with a favorite, be she 'I Miss Habeas Corpus' or 'Miss Represented' or your choice -- sash can be made at the parade or bring one ...
Daily Kos: Bagram AFB : America's OTHER Torture Chamber 2009-07-02
... that Bates' ruling would for the first time in American history extend habeas corpus rights to non-Americans in a theater of war in a foreign territory.
NPR: The Nation: Saving Troy Davis From Death Row 2009-07-02
This week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether to hear the request for a writ of habeas corpus in Davis's case in September hopefully signaling ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
The habeas corpus case involves Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who was believed to be 12-years-old when he was captured in December 2002, was subjected ...
OpEdNews: Is it time for a NEW Declaration of Independence? 2009-07-02
The suspension of the Writ Habeas Corpus: Thus allowing that citizen and non-citizen alike be imprisoned indefinitely without charge or trial ...
Earthtimes (press release): Susman Godfrey Wins Federal Civil Rights Jury Trial - Houston Jury ... 2009-07-02
... Innocence Project, co-founded by Scheck, to obtain Rodriguez's release in 2004 on a writ of habeas corpus granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Empire Report: You Gotta Wonder (or WTF?) 2009-07-02
Senseless wars, elimination of civil rights and habeas corpus, legally trying to justify torture, tax cuts for the wealthiest during periods of cri ...
The Washington Independent: Debate Intensifies Over Preventive Detention 2009-07-02
In habeas corpus cases for Guantanamo detainees, the Obama Justice Department has argued it has the authority to detain persons that the President ...
New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02
Mr. Obama has also drawn fire from human rights advocates for fighting to prevent detainees in Afghanistan from having habeas corpus rights.
Austin American-Statesman: Reed's death sentence again upheld 2009-07-02
Reed's appeal his sixth petition for a writ of habeas corpus since his May 1998 conviction also included a vague account of a woman who said she may ...
St. Louis American: New evidence will be heard in Clemons case, MO Supreme Court ... 2009-07-02
This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed with full power and authority ...
The News International: Judgment reserved in child custody case 2009-07-02
The applicant, Yasmeen, had filed a habeas corpus application in the court of District and Sessions Judge Central Syed Al-e-Maqbool Rizvi stating that ...
The Washington Independent: The Real Test for Obama on Indefinite Detention 2009-07-02
... Bush-like view of his detention authority pursuant to the laws of war in the Guantanamo detainees' habeas corpus cases, that doesn't mean the president ...
American Institute for Economic Research: A Declaration of Independence from Big Government 2009-07-02
The king's officials unjustly placed colonists under arrest in violation of writ of habeas corpus, and sentenced them to prison without trial by jury.
Opposing Views: Obama Embraces Bush Legacy on Detention 2009-07-02
The suspension of habeas corpus and the internment of Japanese Americans left a lasting stain on two of America's most successful presidencies.
The News International: Court summons SSP in illegal detention case 2009-07-02
By Our Correspondent DISTRICT and Sessions Judge Muhammad Mehmood Chaudhry on Thursday summoned Operations SSP, Lahore, in a habeas corpus petition for ...
Indian Country Today: Trimble: Custer, the plastic icon 2009-07-02
... even with the passive help of General George Crook, marked the federal court's decision that an Indian is a person for the purpose of Habeas Corpus.
Den Of Geek: Michael Mann: Public Enemies press conference report 2009-07-02
Which means setting aside habeas corpus, persecuting the innocent, using torture and those kind of things. So I had to have somebody who could embrace those ...
MiamiHerald.com: Detainee attorney wants interrogations banned 2009-07-02
Now his lawyers also want them excluded from their separate effort to have the US District Court here free him through a habeas corpus petition.
Franklin Press: An American POW in Poland: Story of Hoffman's WWII nightmare continues 2009-07-02
He asked her one day if she knew about a law (Habeas Corpus) in the US that a person accused of a crime cannot be held indefinitely without evidence.
2009-07-02: Headlines
The Washington Independent: Left-Leaning Lawyers Urge Caution on Detention Policy 2009-07-02
In habeas corpus cases for Guantanamo detainees, the Obama Justice Department has argued it has the authority to detain persons that the President ...
Washington Post: Secrecy v. Sunshine 2009-07-02
In rejecting the Justice Department's overreaching, the judge did not order immediate or even full disclosure of the evidence -- known in habeas corpu ...
Morning Sentinel: WEST ATHENS Offbeat annual parade celebrates love of freedom 2009-07-02
"We will all have a sash with a favorite, be she 'I Miss Habeas Corpus' or 'Miss Represented' or your choice -- sash can be made at the parade or bring one ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
The habeas corpus case revolves around Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who was believed to be 12-years-old when he was captured in December 2002, was subjected ...
Indian Country Today: Trimble: Custer, the plastic icon 2009-07-02
... even with the passive help of General George Crook, marked the federal court's decision that an Indian is a person for the purpose of Habeas Corpus.
PR Newswire (press release): Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad ... 2009-07-02
However, the government continues to rely on those same statements in Jawad's habeas corpus challenge. "Since his arrest in 2002, Mr. Jawad has been ...
American Institute for Economic Research: A Declaration of Independence from Big Government 2009-07-02
The king's officials unjustly placed colonists under arrest in violation of writ of habeas corpus, and sentenced them to prison without trial by jury.
Austin American-Statesman: Reed's death sentence again upheld 2009-07-02
Reed's appeal his sixth petition for a writ of habeas corpus since his May 1998 conviction also included a vague account of a woman who said she may ...
New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02
Mr. Obama has also drawn fire from human rights advocates for fighting to prevent detainees in Afghanistan from having habeas corpus rights.
The Nation.: Saving Troy Davis 2009-07-01
This week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether to hear the request for a writ of habeas corpus in Davis's case in September hopefully signaling ...
Daily Times: LHC orders case against CIA officer 2009-07-01
The court issued the direction on a habeas corpus petition by the detained citizen's father Mohammad Ikram, seeking that his son be recovered.
Daily Kos: Obama and Bush Agree? Habeas Corpus is So Passé 2009-07-01
The suspension of habeas corpus and the internment of Japanese Americans left a lasting stain on two of America's most successful presidencies.
WND.com: Sotomayor Achilles' heel? Wrongly imprisoned man 2009-07-01
Eventually he ran out of state court appeals procedures, and then was given until April 24, 1997, to demand habeas corpus. According to reports, his lawyer ...
Drug War Chronicle: I went to visit Will Foster in Jail A Couple of Nights Ago 2009-07-01
Desperate, Foster filed a writ of habeas corpus and won! A California judge ruled the warrant invalid, and Foster was a free man again. But not for long.
KOMU-TV: Missouri Supreme Court Denies Petitions in Helmig Case 2009-07-01
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus petition and a petition for DNA testing filed by Dale Helmig. Helmig is incarcerated ...
Los Angeles Times: Majority at public hearing oppose California's proposed lethal ... 2009-07-01
Condemned prisoners have a right to habeas corpus appeals in federal court, but a lack of funds for lawyers and jammed court calendars grossly delay ...
Dover-Sherborn Press: Column: The privilege of freedom 2009-07-01
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order to imprison thou ...
The Washington Independent: Why Some Civil Libertarians Support an Executive Order ... 2009-07-01
And it's in line with what the federal courts have been ruling, with some variations, in a string of habeas corpus cases. The proposal for an executive ...
Columbia Daily Tribune: High court rejects petitions for convicted killer Helmig 2009-07-01
The state high court denied the habeas corpus petition and said it could be filed in DeKalb County, where Helmig is incarcerated at the Crossroad ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Los Angeles Times: Majority at public hearing oppose California's proposed lethal ... 2009-07-01
Condemned prisoners have a right to habeas corpus appeals in federal court, but a lack of funds for lawyers and jammed court calendars grossly delay ...
WND.com: Sotomayor Achilles' heel? Wrongly imprisoned man 2009-07-01
Eventually he ran out of state court appeals procedures, and then was given until April 24, 1997, to demand habeas corpus. According to reports, his lawyer ...
Drug War Chronicle: I went to visit Will Foster in Jail A Couple of Nights Ago 2009-07-01
Desperate, Foster filed a writ of habeas corpus and won! A California judge ruled the warrant invalid, and Foster was a free man again. But not for long.
KOMU-TV: Missouri Supreme Court Denies Petitions in Helmig Case 2009-07-01
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus petition and a petition for DNA testing filed by Dale Helmig. Helmig is incarcerated ...
Columbia Daily Tribune: State high court rejects Helmig petitions 2009-06-30
The state high court denied the habeas corpus petition and said it could be filed in DeKalb County, where Helmig is incarcerated at the Crossroad ...
International Crisis Group: Sri Lanka's Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights 2009-06-30
The habeas corpus remedy putatively available in the high courts rarely succeeds in gaining releases. Some relief can at times be found by filing ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Much riding on pick for Ga. high court 2009-06-30
However short the closure or reduced access, or denial of counsel, essential freedoms, including habeas corpus, the great writ by which courts can free ...
Malaysia Star: Many things to many people 2009-06-30
In many cases in India, habeas corpus has been issued to order release of people wrongfully detained on the orders of the House. Lower courts: About 10 day ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer: The judicial branch is standing up to the executive branch 2009-06-30
Are you speaking specifically of the over-reach of Executive authority as typified in the patent abuses regarding Habeas Corpus?
Greenville Herald-Banner: Alleged throat slasher due in court Tuesday 2009-06-30
Heath filed a writ of habeas corpus from the Hunt County Jail, where he remained in custody Monday, seeking a reduction in his $35000 bond on a charge ...
National Review Online Blogs: From my (probationary) Constitutional Powers Guy (The field ... 2009-06-30
Lincoln and his Army General declined to let the marshal into the fort, where Merryman was being held in violation of a SCOTUS order for habeas corpus. 6.
World Socialist Web Site: Supreme Court upholds white firefighters' discrimination claims 2009-06-30
... opposition to habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners [Antonin Scalia and police-state rule], and key role in blocking the counting of Florida vote ...
Dallas Morning News: State Editorial Rdp 2009-06-30
... black voters literacy tests that asked the number of bubbles in a soap bar, the news content of the Peking Daily or the definition of habeas corpus.
St. Louis American: New evidence will be considered in Clemons case Missouri Supreme ... 2009-06-30
This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed with full power and authority ...
Cherokee Sentinel: Passage to India: "Rise of the Rest" 2009-06-30
Under Article 32, anyone can file a petition in the Supreme Court for any writ, including habeas corpus. because of the Court's heavy caseload, ...
Macon Telegraph: Court denies Doorbal death-sentence appeal 2009-06-30
A federal judge denied his habeas corpus petition, and the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling on Monday.
JURIST: Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo ... 2009-06-30
When the government was unable to effectuate his removal, a federal court of appeals granted his habeas corpus petition and ordered his release.
Momento 24: 1:20 pm Carrascosa's habeas corpus denied by court. 2009-06-30
The space for comments on each article of momento24.com is offered to the community. Participation is free and its content reflects only the reader' ...
Stabroek News: Caribbean judiciaries in an era of globalization:Meeting ... 2009-06-30
In delivering the opinion of the Court allowing habeas corpus to run to the 'legal black hole' of Guantanamo Bay, Justice Stevens drew expressly on the case ...
Auburn Journal: The Rise of Private Armies Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption ... 2009-06-30
And you have an ongoing position, by the Obama administration, formed under Bush, that these prisoners don't have right to habeas corpus.
Inquirer.net: Missing farmer's kin to seek court help 2009-06-30
... Philippines -- The family and colleagues of a farmer allegedly abducted in Taguig City are set to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to put ...
Christian Science Monitor: Supreme Court leaves hanging the case of detained Uighurs 2009-06-30
"The Great Writ of habeas corpus which used to be 'open the jail door and do it now' forget that, it's gone," Mr. Willett says. The Uighurs cannot be sent ...
The News International: Tevta to train 40000 youths 2009-06-30
In her habeas corpus petition, Javed, a resident of Wahdat Road, had alleged that his father-in-law Boota had been keeping her wife Saima in his custody ...
The Washington Independent: ACLU to Argue Against Use of Evidence Obtained Through Torture ... 2009-06-30
The ACLU will argue tomorrow that the federal judge in Jawad's habeas corpus case should rule that evidence gathered through torture is still too unreliable ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
Greenville Herald-Banner: Alleged throat slasher due in court Tuesday 2009-06-30
Heath filed a writ of habeas corpus from the Hunt County Jail, where he remained in custody Monday, seeking a reduction in his $35000 bond on a charge ...
Auburn Journal: The Rise of Private Armies Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption ... 2009-06-30
And you have an ongoing position, by the Obama administration, formed under Bush, that these prisoners don't have right to habeas corpus.
National Review Online Blogs: Re: Colorblind Constitution 2009-06-30
The ad hoc, extra legal quality of the prohibited acts suggests an extremely limited remedy (eg, habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition) role for federal ...
World Socialist Web Site: Supreme Court upholds white firefighters' discrimination claims 2009-06-30
... opposition to habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners [Antonin Scalia and police-state rule], and key role in blocking the counting of Florida vote ...
Inquirer.net: Missing farmer's kin to seek court help 2009-06-30
... Philippines -- The family and colleagues of a farmer allegedly abducted in Taguig City are set to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to put ...
WTOC: Supreme Court holds Davis case until September 2009-06-29
"The US Supreme Court has delayed making a decision on the habeas appeal filed by Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis until September 2009.
Cato @ Liberty: The Jurisprudence of Detention: Definitions and Cases 2009-06-29
This is the set of six petitioners that won the right to habeas corpus hearings at the Supreme Court. They were picked up in Bosnia and allegedly planned ...
Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29
First, it was his preventive detention reversal, where he promised to continue Bush's defacto suspension of habeas corpus. Then it was the suppression ...
The News-Press: Justin Grodin case will go on for several years 2009-06-29
A final appeal is a writ of habeas corpus on the federal level. It attacks the constitutionality of the trial. If all appeals are denied, the defendant c ...
Harare Tribune: Dr. Paul Mutuzr: Tsvangirai falling on sword 2009-06-29
... habeas corpus with regard to Obama's restoration of Bush's military tribunals for Guantanamo prisoners indefinitely held there, cosmetic Wall Street ...
Schenectady Gazette: Thank you, Brian Williams! 2009-06-29
Ninety-two people were arrested at the Supreme Court for asking our government to stop using torture and grant habeas corpus to Guantanamo detainees;
The Women's International Perspective: US Should Follow The Rule of Law on Guantanamo Detainees 2009-06-29
As Amnesty International has indicated,one year after the US Supreme Court ruled that the detainees were entitled to a prompt habeas corpus hearing ...
Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29
... when it ruled the Military Commissions Act of 2006 unconstitutionally stripped Guantanamo detainees of habeas corpus, a legal proceeding to challenge ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Much riding on pick for Ga. high court 2009-06-29
However short the closure or reduced access, or denial of counsel, essential freedoms, including habeas corpus, the great writ by which courts can free ...
Examiner.com: Obama pulls "a Kerry" concerning Gitmo detainees 2009-06-29
... Order mandating its closing by January, 2010, in addition to granting the constitutional privilege of the writ of habeas corpus to detainees held there.
Times Record News: Matter of Record (June 29) 2009-06-29
Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Albert Cobos Arredondo Jr. vs. Director of the Texas Department ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
The News-Press: Justin Grodin case will go on for several years 2009-06-29
A final appeal is a writ of habeas corpus on the federal level. It attacks the constitutionality of the trial. If all appeals are denied, the defendant c ...
Times Record News: Matter of Record (June 29) 2009-06-29
Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Albert Cobos Arredondo Jr. vs. Director of the Texas Department ...
World Socialist Web Site: A revealing picture of the American presidency 2009-06-29
He has defended the Bush administration's attack on habeas corpus, military tribunals, indefinite detention of alleged terrorists, rendition and domestic ...
Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29
First, it was his preventive detention reversal, where he promised to continue Bush's defacto suspension of habeas corpus. Then it was the suppression ...
Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29
... when it ruled the Military Commissions Act of 2006 unconstitutionally stripped Guantanamo detainees of habeas corpus, a legal proceeding to challenge ...
AllGov: Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus 2009-06-28
... almost 100 detainees in prison without any triala violation of the right of habeas corpus that's been justified in the name of national security.
Daily Kos: Cthulhu Intelligence Hypothetical Diary (Legal) 2009-06-28
(2) Does the habeas corpus petition carry weight in the United States courts? Why or why not? (3) Does Emsal have the right to be free of indefinite ...
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
... empowered to review the prisoners' cases after a Supreme Court ruling last June confirmed that they had habeas corpus rights (the right to ask a judge ...
Inquirer.net: Sounding Board Jointly or separately 2009-06-28
... namely when Congress wants to revoke a declaration of martial law or a suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (VII,18).
2009-06-28: Headlines
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
... empowered to review the prisoners' cases after a Supreme Court ruling last June confirmed that they had habeas corpus rights (the right to ask a judge ...
Daily Kos: Cthulhu Intelligence Hypothetical Diary (Legal) 2009-06-28
(2) Does the habeas corpus petition carry weight in the United States courts? Why or why not? (3) Does Emsal have the right to be free of indefinite ...
Mindanao Examiner: Reds vow justice for abducted Filipino activist 2009-06-28
They have been directly named as respondents in the habeas corpus case filed by the Burgos family. The pieces of evidence against the three include ...
TheDay: The Best Alternative To Gitmo: A New Court 2009-06-28
These courts would be presumptively adjudicatory in nature (trials to begin within one year of capture), would provide habeas corpus hearings within three ...
AllGov: Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus 2009-06-28
... almost 100 detainees in prison without any triala violation of the right of habeas corpus that's been justified in the name of national security.
Inquirer.net: Sounding Board Jointly or separately 2009-06-28
... namely when Congress wants to revoke a declaration of martial law or a suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (VII,18).
TPMCafé: Roots Rot 2009-06-27
The Post didn't mobilized on the invasion issue, the torture issue, the warrantless spying issue, or the habeas corpus issue or...hmmm.
TPMCafé: No indefinite detention 2009-06-27
Insurrection is the only circumstance under which Habeas Corpus can legally be ignored in this country or by our government. The Bush/Obama claims to th ...
South Bend Tribune: Judge told to appear in court 2009-06-27
Gotsch made the order after a writ of habeas corpus petition was filed by Walter Jennings, who is seeking the custody of his son. Also ordered to appear ...
TPMCafé: Roots Rot 2009-06-27
The Post didn't mobilized on the invasion issue, the torture issue, the warrantless spying issue, or the habeas corpus issue or...hmmm.
New York Times: Frank Connor/Universal 2009-06-27
... turn informants using extortion, round up innocent family members and make their lives miserable, set aside habeas corpus, be pre-emptive, he said.