How is habeas corpus a protection for individual rights

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Leonie

9 August, 03:05

How is habeas corpus a protection for individual rights

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Eliana · Answer 1

Habeas corpus protects you from being held in detention or jail without reason.

Mauricio Good · Answer 2

A writ of habeas corpus is where the court has to tell you what you have been imprisoned for and why. The government can't just arrest you on a whim, the officials have to have solid proof, that proof had to be gotten legally.