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2007-10-22 13:06:41 · 4 answers · asked by MW 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The power of the executive to cast a man in prison without forlmulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odeious and is the foundation of all totaliarian government wether it Nazi or communist
Sir Winston Churchill
2007-10-22 13:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, among other things it's in the Constitution -- 6th Amendment -- "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation".
It's also a Due Process issue from the 5th and 14th, so I'm sure at least one or more federal cases have said that or something equivalent.
2007-10-22 13:23:52 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don;t kjnwo that particular quote - cut/paste it into google for goodness sakes - but the principle is called "habeus corpus" and has been part of our legal tradition dating to the Magna Carta in 1215 or even earlier.
Yes 1215, that is not a typo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeus_corpus
2007-10-22 13:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by Barry C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See Habeus Corpus.
2007-10-22 13:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by GCB-TO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋