habeas corpus
Obama Unveils Guantanamo Closure 'Plan' to Immediate Criticism From All Sides
Eight years after he first vowed to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, Obama delivered a long-awaited plan Tuesday that offered little in the way of new ideas.
Fruit Salad with Laurie Anderson and Her Dog
Talking love, death, and post-9/11 surveillance with the avant-garde artist.
Laurie Anderson Collaborates with a Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee
'HABEAS CORPUS' live projects the image of former prisoner Mohammed el Gharani onto a massive sculpture in the Park Avenue Armory.
These Are the 6 US Prisons That May Soon House Guantanamo Detainees
A long-forgotten government report reveals US facilities that could become new homes for detainees as part of the White House's long-standing goal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Baltimore's Criminal Justice System Is Seriously Overloaded Thanks to the Arrest of Protesters
"Courts are not supposed to shut down, especially when you're arresting hundreds of people in a moment of crisis," one legal expert told us.
(UPDATED) Two Chimps Just Had Their Personhood Recognized by a New York Judge
Two research chimps at Stony Brook University were just granted a writ of habeas corpus. Here's what that means for chimp personhood.
A Lawyer Makes the Case That Chimpanzees Should Be Legal People
Attorney Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project is making the case that an animal sharing 94 percent of our DNA should enjoy the same legal protections that we do.