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Habeas corpus and due process originated in England. Those two rights protect people from arbitrary arrest and detention and ensure all their rights are given t
by rawgabbit 1y ago
Habeas corpus and due process originated in England. Those two rights protect people from arbitrary arrest and detention and ensure all their rights are given to them during legal proceedings. It seems hearsay is enough to be arrested in Britain today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process
- multjoy 1y agoYou need reasonable grounds to suspect that someone has committed an offence in order to arrest (plus a necessity). This has been the case since 1984, the necessity was only added because SOCPA got rid of the distinction between arrestable and non-arrestable offences.