Extra Credit: Habeus Corpus

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Daniel Contreras
Professor Jeff Keele
POLS P101
CRN 72530
25 September 2010
The Writ of Habeas Corpus
The Bill of Rights contains many of the undeniable privileges of the citizens. These rights
are commonly referred to as the ten amendments of the constitution. What lays not too far off are
the protection laws: Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto Law, and Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Wilson
23)
In Latin, Habeas Corpus literally means you shall have the body. This is a fundamental
protection right that grants a meeting with a judge to discuss the case and penalty. This is crucial
for deflecting, or bringing to light, unreasonable and illegal treatment or imprisonment for a
certain cause. Even though it is a shared right, it may be revoked or denied in certain
circumstances.
The criminal justice system is supposed to be unbiased and fair. Sometimes however,
social class can play in someone's advantage or disadvantage. (Henslin 213)
For example, if a wealthy upper class person where to get convicted, their trial could be
different trial than that of a lower class and unprivileged person, due to the availability of
resources such as money. However, both of them have the right to Habeas Corpus. Overall,
Habeas Corpus is an important protection right that everyone should know about, or even
exercise when the time is right.
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Works Cited
Henslin, James M., and James M. Henslin. Life in Society: Readings to Accompany Sociology, a Downto-
earth Approach, Eighth Edition. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2007. Print.
Wilson, James Q. American Government: Brief Version. Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. Print.

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