Habeas corpus petitions let prisoners challenge the legality of their imprisonment
Evidence
Writing from his prison cell, Gideon petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus, a legal order freeing him on the round that he was illegally imprisoned. The Florida justices denied Gideon’s petition, rejecting his claim that the U.S. Constitution guaranteed him a right to an attorney at trial. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 250
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines a writ of habeas corpus as a legal order freeing someone illegally imprisoned.
- XREF: connects to: Procedural hurdles burdened enslaved self-petitioners seeking legal freedom; Capital defendants can pursue repeated state and federal appeals including successive habeas petitions — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2033; Colonial courts could suspend habeas corpus without cause shown — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi: Liberalism and the…, 122 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Capital defendants can pursue repeated state and federal appeals including successive habeas petitions
#exemplifies(0.88) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2033 - Procedural hurdles burdened enslaved self-petitioners seeking legal freedom
#expands(0.84) - Arbitrary royal detention letters were actually demanded by families and local authorities
#complicates(0.79) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 336 - Colonial courts could suspend habeas corpus without cause shown
#qualifies(0.78) — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi, 122 - Denial of habeas corpus constitutes a form of social death for detainees
#expands(0.76) - Courts struggle to conceive full redress even for acknowledged extreme injustices
#complicates(0.75) — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1336