Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Day 2 what I learned

Today we learned about the writ of Habeas Corpus or the writ of Liberty. It was originally mentioned in the Constitution. Which suggests that it holds greater importance than all of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, or that the The Habeas Corpus was created to branch the amendments off of it. A person in prison may ask the judge for a writ of Habeas Corpus which may or may not allow him to get out of jail if he is imprisoned wrongfully or without legitimate evidence. However Lincoln suspended all writs of Habeas Corpus so as to stop Confederate uprisings in the Union and to improve public safety.

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