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Habeas corpus (/ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/ ; from Medieval Latin, lit. 'you should have the body')[1] is a legal procedure by which a report can be made to a court alleging the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and requesting that the court order the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an ideal to be worked towards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

No, it's a flawed ideal that needs to be reconstructed

Justice never has been blind and pretending it is only allows systemic abuse