Habeas Corpus

In the past few years there has been people seeking the question "what is the right process of eliminating terrorist from non-terrorist?" How does this affect the United States and what things can we do to make it better. In are efforts to understand this we need to start off from the beginning by learning what Habeas Corpus is, where it comes from and how America follows its traditions. The best place to start off is what Habeas Corpus means, it comes from a Latin term which means “you have the body”. It means to bring a person that is under arrest to court or before a judge. The reason for Habeas Corpus is so that a prisoner can be released unlawfully if there is lack of evidence or cause. Habeas Corpus originated from the English legal system and is now used in many countries around the world, it is also known as “Great Writ”. Habeas Corpus “Great Writ” was first used in England not for helping detainees, but for helping government officials in the judicial process and remuneration. The origin explains why there has been much controversy because Habeas Corpus wasn’t made to help as Edward Jenks famously said “Originally not intended to get people out of prison, but to put them in it”(Gregory, 2011). Habeas Corpus is talked about in the Constitution in Article I, Section 9. There it is stated that “The Privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it”. During are United States history there has been many times that Habeas Corpus was suspended. During the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 President Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus, his decision was upheld by congress. This brought issues because it was said that it wasn’t in the president’s hands to do so. “The Supreme Court 's liberal decisions in the 1950s and 1960s in the area of prisoners ' rights encouraged many incarcerated persons to file writs challenging their convictions, but the Court under William Rehnquist

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