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habeas corpus [hā′bē·əs kôr′pəs] Etymology: L, you have the body a right retained by all psychiatric patients that provides for the release of individuals who claim they are being deprived of their liberty and detained illegally. A hearing for this determination takes place in a court of law, where the patient's sanity may be at issue. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. ``Otherwise we will have to file habeus corpus motions. |
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