On Friday, the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that detainees at Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan do not enjoy rights of habeas corpus under United States law and cannot petition ...

President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller told reporters on Friday, May 9, that the Trump Administration is “looking at” the option of suspending “habeas corpus” in ...

A federal judge has dismissed a habeas corpus case from former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Monday, meaning Peters will stay in prison pending her appeal.

Habeas corpus is a legal principle that allows people who believe they are being unlawfully detained or imprisoned to petition for their release in court. Immigrants and rights groups have filed ...

In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance to make a defense. This has not been lawful in the ...

WASHINGTON -- The future of habeas corpus has been pushed into the spotlight as President Donald Trump has been involved in discussions inside his administration over potentially taking the extreme ...

Government Seeks To Continue Detaining Mohammed Jawad At Guantánamo Despite Lack Of Evidence Government Seeks To Continue Detaining Mohammed Jawad At Guantánamo Despite Lack Of Evidence Jul 01, 2009 ...

The Supreme Court in Shoop v. Twyford continued its sustained assault on efforts by prisoners to challenge their state-court convictions and sentences in federal court. In Tuesday’s 5-4 decision, the ...

The Karnataka High Court on Friday denied habeas corpus petitions for actress Ranya Rao, who is suspected of smuggling gold ...

Mumbai: In a cross-border child custody battle, the Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed a father's petition for habeas ...