The Hightower Report

It’s 2006, George, Not 1706; and War Profiteers

"...www.faireconomy.org. IT'S 2006, GEORGE, NOT 1706 Here's today's phrase: habeas corpus...."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

All Aboard for the Death Penalty Express

Republicans aim to kill federal appeals law

"...eliminate federal court jurisdiction over the vast majority of habeas corpus appeals – through which defendants challenge the constitutionality..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...state Court of Criminal Appeals denied the writ of habeas corpus appeal of 34-year-old Rodney Reed, convicted and sentenced..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

CCA Jump-Starts the Death Machine

Executions resume after Court of Criminal Appeals rules against death row inmates' challenges

"...to challenge the method of execution using the state's habeas corpus law. A habeas claim "must challenge the judgment..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...and be the first to file a writ of habeas corpus in an attempt to overturn Hill's conviction and..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Praising the Supreme Court's Decision

"...the Military Commissions Act which restricted the writ of habeas corpus. According to (conservative) Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for..."

June 12, 2008 Postmarks

Letters @ 3AM

On September 28, key rights guaranteed by our Constitution, plus the central tenet of the Magna Carta, were nullified by an act of Congress – specifically, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

"...Then there's habeas corpus, a core of Western law since the Magna..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas' 'Lethal Indifference' Blasted in New Death-Row Report

A new Texas Defenders Service study charges the state Court of Criminal Appeals ignores death-row inmates' rights and its own legal mandate.

"...attorneys, and an impotent and indifferent appeals court. "The habeas process in Texas, intended as a vital safety net..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Keel-Hauling Death Row Defendants

Austin Rep. wants to fast-track federal appeals, speed up executions

"...also apply to those attorneys eligible to handle post-conviction habeas corpus appeals – thereby qualifying the state for federal..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Two Set to Die

Two inmates on death row deny murder was the end goal

"...Corpus Christi native Daniel Lee Lopez is scheduled to die..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Indictments Pending: TRMPAC, TAB, and the Travis Co. D.A.

"...2005, Colyandro and Ellis had filed pretrial writs of habeas corpus challenging these charges on constitutional grounds of overbreadth,..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

Death Watch: Ninth Execution Slated for June 18

Russeau will be the ninth Texan executed this year

"...concerns were raised in subsequent petitions for writ of habeas corpus filed by Jeffrey Haas...."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: No Recourse for Mental Illness

Texas about to execute another insane inmate

"...A petition for writ of habeas corpus Mays' attorneys filed in March 2012 touched on..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Letters at 3AM: Did Abraham Lincoln Deserve a Second Term?

In 1864, Lincoln would have seemed more in favor of war than peace

"...Many complain that Lincoln has violated the writ of habeas corpus, but Article I, Section 9, states: "The Privilege..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Free Speech, My Ass!

"...charge could find you disappeared. The Cheney administration revoked habeas corpus with the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The..."

Feb. 7, 2012 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

War on Terrorists Gets Goofier; and An Early and Exclusive Primary

"...and free speech, suspended the core legal right of habeas corpus, and generally asserted an autocratic authority to rule..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

More Bush Propaganda

"...he insists that the constitutional provision allowing suspension of habeas corpus because of “rebellion or invasion” is not legal..."

Oct. 17, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

An update on George Bush's War against American Liberties

"...oral arguments April 20 on whether the doctrine of "habeas corpus" applies to the nearly 600 detainees at the..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Supremes Back Miller-El

"...denial or dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus," the court wrote...."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...the necessary evidence to support the legal principle of corpus delicti – specifically, the fact that Ryan was dead..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: A Future Danger?

Texas' death chamber is only heating up

"...the effectiveness of either his trial counsel or state habeas counsel." Six months later, the U.S. Supreme Court denied..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch

Just because you have a right to a lawyer, doesn't mean that they have to be any good

"...2004 application to the state for a writ of habeas corpus. The 162-page writ laid out nine claims, but..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Junking Junk Science?

Will bill reduce wrongful convictions?

"...how to consider scientific evidence challenged in writs of habeas corpus – an issue that, aside from those cases..."

May 17, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Represented by Wikipedia

Taichin Preyor did not get the legal expertise he deserved

"...Post-It note reading "Research" next to highlighted passages of "Habeas corpus appeals" and "Subsequent or successive writ applications."..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Texas Inmates Strike for Better Conditions

Inmates at seven state prisons have refused to leave their cells

"...Inmates want a right to an attorney through habeas corpus to help indigent prisoners better argue their claims..."

April 6, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Too Mentally Ill to Die?

Should the bar on executing mentally retarded offenders be extended to the mentally ill?

"...death, Vasquez filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he was both mentally retarded and..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: After Appeal Denied, Death Row Inmate to Die

Claims of mental retardation did nothing to stop the state's next execution

"...his sentence. He submitted a petition for writ of habeas corpus to the state in Aug. 2001 and a..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Generations of Madness

Is Derrick Charles competent for execution?

"...save his life. According to petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed at the state and federal levels, his..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Detainees Strike for Freedom

Hunger strikes call attention to plight of women and children refugees

"...at UT-Law, and her students last week filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of Maria Estela Marquez Marquez..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Death Watch: Insufficient Arguments

Manuel Vasquez hasn't had a lot of luck convincing judges that he shouldn't be on death row

"...Hearings for Vasquez's 2001 state writ of habeas corpus occurred in 2005 and 2006, but in March..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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