Question

From roughly 2008 to 2018, a Connecticut court was overwhelmed with more than 7,000 petitions from prisoners who wanted to be brought before a judge to determine if their imprisonment was lawful. What are these petitions called?

a. Necessary and proper clauses
b. Habeas corpus
c. Separation of powers
d. Ex post facto

Answer 1

b. Habeas corpus

Step-by-step explanation:

Habeas corpus -

It refers to the situation , where the person can report an illegitimate imprisonment to the court and can demand form the court order , in order to bring the prisoner to court and to determine if the detention is lawful or not, is referred to as habeas corpus.

Hence , from the given scenario of the question ,

the correct term for the given statement of the question is b. Habeas corpus.