Tag: habeas corpus

Sorry But NY Chimp Case Is Waste of Time

Post author By Oscar Michelen
Post date April 21, 2015
11 Comments on Sorry But NY Chimp Case Is Waste of Time

NY Supreme Court Judge Barbara Jaffe granted a motion for a writ of habeas corpus to two chimps being held for research by Stony Brook University. The writ was brought by The Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) which originally filed a lawsuit on behalf of the chimpanzees in 2013 with a view to having them transferred […]

Tags Barbara Jaffe, Chimps, Constitutional rights, Great Writ, habeas corpus, Judge Jaffe, lawsuits, lawyering, Stony Brook University, writ of habeas corpus

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Second Circuit Finally Allows Actual Innocence to Extend Habeas Corpus Statute of Limitation

Post author By Oscar Michelen
Post date July 15, 2012
3 Comments on Second Circuit Finally Allows Actual Innocence to Extend Habeas Corpus Statute of Limitation

For years, since Congress passed the draconian and rigid Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in the wake of the first WTC bombing and the Oklahoma City attack, Federal appeals courts have not seen fit to extend the Act’s harsh one year statute of limitations on habeas corpus appeals, even in cases of actual […]

Tags Constitutional rights, criminal defense, criminal justice, criminal justice system, Federal Litigation, habeas corpus, indigent defense, Richard Langone, Rivas. v. Fischer, wrongful conviction