Habeas and War. David Rivkin and Lee Casey has this op-ed in the WSJ on ill effects of extending habeas corpus to military detainees.
Court Rejects Sex Offender's Release Bid: A sex offender, who was mistakenly held in prison 11 months beyond his release date, has failed to convince the Iowa Supreme Court that he should be set free, while the state pursues a civil court ruling to hold him indefinitely. AP writer Amy Lorentzen reports that while the Iowa court acknowledged that the state department of corrections miscalculated Galen Shaffer's release date, improperly keeping him behind bars, the court found the state was keeping Shaffer confined "under a good faith belief" that a later release date was correct. The court concluded that Shaffer was "presently confined" for the purposes of initiating civil commitment proceedings under the state's Sexually Violent Predator Act. The Court's decision is here.
Court Rejects Sex Offender's Release Bid: A sex offender, who was mistakenly held in prison 11 months beyond his release date, has failed to convince the Iowa Supreme Court that he should be set free, while the state pursues a civil court ruling to hold him indefinitely. AP writer Amy Lorentzen reports that while the Iowa court acknowledged that the state department of corrections miscalculated Galen Shaffer's release date, improperly keeping him behind bars, the court found the state was keeping Shaffer confined "under a good faith belief" that a later release date was correct. The court concluded that Shaffer was "presently confined" for the purposes of initiating civil commitment proceedings under the state's Sexually Violent Predator Act. The Court's decision is here.
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