Kimberly Humbird
POL 201 American National Government
Jamie Smith
April 29, 2013
Habeas Corpus Habeas corpus is used when the United States capture someone from another country during war times. It gives the detainees the same privileges the protection under our constitution, but when they are being held in another country they lose those rights. Is it right to hold them in another country just so we can prevent them from having those rights? Is this what needs to be done so we can do as we please to get the information we want from them? You can decide that for yourself on what you believe. We will take a further look into habeas corpus and the war on terror. Habeas corpus was made to help protect our civil liberties, especially when we felt we were missed treated in the court of law. If you were unable to afford a lawyer and were force to represent yourself in the court room. You could be easily convicted of the crime you may have or may not have convicted. You then can file habeas corpus for you were treated unfairly and were not given a lawyer to represent you in the court room. When even if you cannot afford a lawyer one must be presented for you to use, it is one of our rights we have. It protects those that are being detained, that they must be presented to a court room and given a fair trial. Then it is judge if they will continue to be held or set free. It was created in English law to protect those from illegal detention, if they were being held they could file a petition. They are then given legal justification as to why they are being detained. If the petitioner does not receive what they request they then can be released. It is used mainly for immigrants and those that are detained during acts of war. This way they can be treated fairly and receive the same rights as any other person instead of base on what they are being accused of. Habeas corpus can be suspended only when there are cases of rebellion of invasion of the