Habeas Corpus

OpEdNews: The Ides of May 2008-05-16

Posse Comitias & Habeas Corpus too! ì AZ entered the working world in 1980 after college, and shortly thereafter got married. She made many career change ...

New York Times: See How They Run 2008-05-16

It created kangaroo courts at Guantánamo and suspended habeas corpus , a prisoner"s fundamental right to a hearing in a real court.

Kennebec Journal: Dangers at home threaten rule of law 2008-05-16

... to block the courts from issuing writs of habeas corpus -- a vital checks-and-balances tool and the last line of defense against wrongful imprisonment.

Benton County Daily Record: Attorney claims client wrongly held in Benton County Jail 2008-05-15

Ken Swindle filed a habeas corpus petition Tuesday in federal court in Fayetteville seeking the release of Jose Guadalupe Solarzano.

Brighton Standard-Blade: Can"t always get what you want 2008-05-15

Instead, with Carl Rove and Dick Cheney pulling the strings on this puppet, we have an astronomical debt, illegal wiretapping, suspension of habeas corpu ...

World Socialist Web Site: Judge cites conflict of interest in removing official ... 2008-05-15

All the defendants are denied the right to habeas corpus and cannot challenge the lawfulness of their imprisonment and treatment.

Legal Week: Wrong arm of the law 2008-05-15

The lawyer, who declined to be identified, says the group was well regarded and approached frequently for help with appeals or habeas corpus petitions.

Fiji Times: Court throws out State's strike out application 2008-05-15

... filed by the State to strike out the case. Mr Pryde told the court Mr Hannah was no longer in detention so the habeas corpus order could not be applicable.

Billings Outpost: Democrates turn to Montana 2008-05-15

... criticized Republicans for íenhanced interrogationì techniques, waging preemptive war and depriving some people of the right of habeas corpus .

New Straits Times: Suhakam pushes for review of 'unreasonable' restrictions 2008-05-15

It also expressed concern that judicial review had been ousted in a number of instances, including habeas corpus challenges, which it said will undermine ...

Hartford Courant: More Substance, Please 2008-05-15

What does each one think about warrantless wiretaps or a president's defining torture and suspending habeas corpus ? Some of this ground has been covered ...

Salt Lake Tribune: Polygamous sect fathers ask judge to return seized kids 2008-05-15

Their habeas corpus petition filed Tuesday challenges the "illegal detention" of some of their children, who range in age from 1 to 9 and are in shelters ...

Washington Post: Breeding Terrorism? 2008-05-14

In a system that puts habeas corpus , not to mention release, beyond the reach of most detainees, is it plausible to believe that the Defense Department h ...

OpEdNews: A Plea From Dona Ana County 2008-05-13

the lower Court ignored all Facts concerning the language problems asserted in the habeas corpus ."Then it continues " The lower Court ignores the importance ...

Houston Chronicle: Second sect baby born in state custody 2008-05-13

The new mother has claimed she is 22 and has filed a writ of habeas corpus to be freed from state custody; the state contends she is a minor.

JURIST: Supreme Court takes death row habeas claim 2008-05-13

Following a number of failed appeals, Bell sought a federal writ of habeas corpus , which was dismissed by the district court. The US Court of Appeals ...

KCRG: Bob Barr Announces Presidential Bid 2008-05-13

... a íquaint notionì under the current White House and pillars of the constitution like habeas corpus and separation of powers had fallen under disrepute.

Boston Globe: Candidates hold stances on Guantanamo 2008-05-11

"I'm quite confident that Senator Obama, as a constitutional lawyer, understands the essential importance of habeas corpus in a way that the current ...

Press & Sun-Bulletin: With 'gains' like these, who needs losses? 2008-05-11

Restore habeas corpus ? Give up torture as a means of interrogation? Stop spending billions of borrowed dollars on a war that has brought peace and democracy ...

International: Warrants reissued against infant snatcher - The News 2008-05-09

District and Sessions Judge Miftahuddin issued the warrants while taking up a habeas corpus petition filed by a resident of University Town area, Fazeel ...

Fiji Times: Justice Jitoko touches on Hannah writ 2008-05-08

"At the very most there is a prima facie case made that the detention was unlawful and it was on these grounds that the writ of habeas corpus had been ...

Earthtimes (press release): Amnesty International Launches National Tour of Guantanamo Cell ... 2008-05-08

... lack of habeas corpus and indefinite detention -- appropriate justice," said Larry Cox, AIUSA executive director, who spoke at the event.

Nashua Telegraph: House let citizens down with impeachment vote 2008-05-08

President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Department of Justice have overstepped these limits by the removal of habeas corpus ...

Esquire: The Cynic and Senator Obama 2008-05-08

... and the rule of law, and civil rights and due process, which is why I will close Guantánamo and I will restore habeas corpus and say no to torture.

Los Angeles Times: Hillary's 'right' isn't the right thing 2008-05-08

Then, when serious threats to rights come along -- attacks on habeas corpus , for instance -- who's gonna notice, or care? So Clinton -- and all the rest ...

Radio Australia: Fiji court to consider publisher's detention next week 2008-05-08

"Mr Hannah is no longer in detention of the authorities, he is no longer in the country, the writ of habeas corpus is brought to produce the body to test ...

Fiji Times: Apted has time to reply 2008-05-08

Mr Pryde told the court Mr Hannah was no longer in detention so the habeas corpus order could not be applicable. Mr Apted argued that he needed time ...

Sydney Morning Herald: Guantanamo man in suicide bombing: US 2008-05-08

Thomas Wilner, a Washington lawyer who represented Ajmi in seeking a habeas corpus hearing when he was held at Guantanamo Bay, said on Wednesday that Ajmi ...

World Socialist Web Site: Guantánamo judge rules Omar Khadr, arrested at 15, can be tried ... 2008-05-08

He is charged under the Military Commissions Act, a law passed by Congress in 2006 that essentially abrogates habeas corpus rights, while affirming ...

Fiji Times: Lawyer given time to reply to affidavits 2008-05-08

This is after Mr Pryde told the court that Mr Hannah was no longer in their custody so the habeas corpus order could not be applicable.

Radio New Zealand International: Fiji solicitor general asks court to throw out Hannah case 2008-05-08

His main argument being that the court order that was given then, the habeas corpus lapsed when Evan Hannah was no longer in detention.