How to Use habeas corpus in a Sentence

habeas corpus

noun
  • States and some tribes also have their own habeas corpus statutes.
    — Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Efforts to reform the state’s habeas corpus process are not new.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 11 May 2018
  • That’s the very definition of habeas corpus—to bring the body to the court.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Respect due process, habeas corpus and basic human rights.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But habeas corpus hasn’t remained static over the centuries.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
  • That meant that the habeas corpus petition Hasse filed was no longer valid.
    — Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The order suspends habeas corpus and allows courts to hold trials behind closed doors.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The deadline to file for a federal habeas corpus petition had passed.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 7 June 2021
  • Lyle and Erik Menendez filed a habeas corpus petition last year.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The strain on government lawyers was made vivid during one court hearing in a habeas corpus case earlier this week.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The legal team shortly filed a petition for habeas corpus in Maryland.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The motion argues that habeas corpus is the wrong legal argument under which to seek relief.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In his filing, Chrestman described Echols' request as a habeas corpus writ.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The habeas corpus is filed in federal court and challenges the legality of the arrest.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Lawyers at airports have been filing habeas corpus petitions around the clock for people being detained.
    — Brandon L. Garrett, Slate Magazine, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Miller misunderstands the significance of the right of habeas corpus, for starters.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
  • Hochman has also opposed the brothers' habeas corpus petition.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Second, the Court specified that such review must be filed through a habeas corpus petition.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Any habeas corpus petitions on their behalf must be filed in the Eastern District.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But would that decision be applied retroactively to habeas corpus cases filed by convicts whose time to appeal ran out years ago?
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 17 May 2021
  • The vast majority of the cases are habeas corpus petitions.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Now, many migrants are challenging that claim by filing habeas corpus cases in multiple courts and winning.
    — Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • His lawyers asked a federal court in a habeas corpus petition to order his release onto the base until a country could be found for him.
    — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Along with the right of habeas corpus, it was intended as a safety valve for a justice system that the founders knew makes mistakes, as do all human systems.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Pregerson went to the prison to see for himself, and then either filed a habeas corpus petition or persuaded a lawyer to do so, Zaugh said.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • Attorney Richard Braucher filed the habeas corpus petition that led to last week’s court ruling.
    — Jason Fagone, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Through the habeas corpus petition, the court could reverse the conviction or reopen proceedings.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In 1997, Dunn filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court.
    — Chris Pomorski, The New Republic, 23 June 2022
  • Robinson Briand says she was repeatedly denied access to her client, and the agency didn't follow her habeas corpus rules.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That’s because in a habeas corpus case the issue is whether a trial judge did something that was within the range authorized by law — not whether the law required the death penalty.
    — Mark Tushnet, Vox, 5 July 2018

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