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Can't you, in theory, challenge any detention without trial with a writ of habeas corpus, including detentions for contempt? It won't stop them from throwing y
by logfromblammo 11y ago
Can't you, in theory, challenge any detention without trial with a writ of habeas corpus, including detentions for contempt?
It won't stop them from throwing you in jail, but if your detention is bullshit, and someone on the outside knows it, that is supposed to get you out.
- sandworm101 11y agoHabes are possible, but they take time. And courts, in my experience, do not want to talk about habes where the prisoner is still "going through the process". The fact that the process can take years doesn't seem to phase them.
- wnoise 11y agoFYI: "faze" is the current widely accepted spelling.
- logfromblammo 11y agoThis is why "Sovereign Citizens" assemble their own courts to issue bogus writs. Unfortunately, their usual mode of operation is like seeing that a clock is keeping incorrect time, then trying to fix it by prying open the mainspring casing. If local judges were more interested in upholding the ideals of justice than in keeping their calendars tidy, ordinary people would be more engaged with the system, and more inclined to trust in the results.