Paper Habeas Corpus Written Final
Thesis Statement: There needs to be a definite distinction between the innocent and those that are guilty that are held in Guantanamo Bay. After new rules and regulations are put in place this should be the permanent location of where the true terrorists should be housed and maintained.
What is Habeas Corpus
In our country we have certain law that protects both civilians as well as the prisoners. This law is called Habeas Corpus. This states that anyone that has been accused of anything must be brought in front of a judge with sufficient evidence or reason they are being sent to jail. Once this happens they are allowed to defend their actions and to prove their innocence as well as prove that the evidence that is being presented is false and unjust imprisonment. Habeas Corpus was adopted by the Unites States in 1215.
New provision
President Bush and his administration have detained over 700 men in Gitmo. The majority of those men have been released without any charges. During the term when President Bush was in office, congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Basically this revoked any rights that habeas corpus had over anyone that was detained at Guantanamo bay. President George W. Bush opened this facility in 2002 which is located in Cuba. This is a place where people are held against their will because they are either considered an enemy of the United States or an enemy combatant from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan or the war on terror.
Some of these people are killers, bomb makers, and recruiters for attackers that want to destroy the United States. However there are people that are behind those walls that are innocent. Those people don’t have any rights. They also are tortured just like the true terrorists. It bothers me that they are tortured. To know that there could be people held against their will who are not guilty of what they have been accused of and yet continues to be tortured and ultimately confess because of the
What is Habeas Corpus
In our country we have certain law that protects both civilians as well as the prisoners. This law is called Habeas Corpus. This states that anyone that has been accused of anything must be brought in front of a judge with sufficient evidence or reason they are being sent to jail. Once this happens they are allowed to defend their actions and to prove their innocence as well as prove that the evidence that is being presented is false and unjust imprisonment. Habeas Corpus was adopted by the Unites States in 1215.
New provision
President Bush and his administration have detained over 700 men in Gitmo. The majority of those men have been released without any charges. During the term when President Bush was in office, congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Basically this revoked any rights that habeas corpus had over anyone that was detained at Guantanamo bay. President George W. Bush opened this facility in 2002 which is located in Cuba. This is a place where people are held against their will because they are either considered an enemy of the United States or an enemy combatant from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan or the war on terror.
Some of these people are killers, bomb makers, and recruiters for attackers that want to destroy the United States. However there are people that are behind those walls that are innocent. Those people don’t have any rights. They also are tortured just like the true terrorists. It bothers me that they are tortured. To know that there could be people held against their will who are not guilty of what they have been accused of and yet continues to be tortured and ultimately confess because of the
References: Cassata, D. (2014) Obama;s Plan to Close Guantanamo Suffers Another Setback – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/ Smith, Clive Stafford. In: New Statesman (1996). Feb 2, 2009, Vol. 138 Issue 4934, p26, 6 p.; New Statesman, Ltd Closing Guantanamo: it is the most potent symbol of the abuses of the Bush era: Obama 's swift decision to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison has been hailed as a new dawn for justice. But it will only be so, warns Clive Stafford Smith, if the lessons of the past are truly learned National Geographic-(2012) Inside Guantanamo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4J6_tCy8To