Jones v. Cunningham
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jones-v-cunningham-194-8539768
title:
Jones v. Cunningham
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Jones v. Cunningham, 371 U.S. 236 (1963), was a Supreme Court case in which the court first ruled that state inmates had the right to file a writ of habeas corpus challenging both the legality and the conditions of their imprisonment. Prior to this, starting with Pervear v. Massachusetts, 72 U.S. 475 (1866), the court had maintained a "hands off" policy regarding federal interference with state incarceration policies and practices, maintaining that the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states.
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1963 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_v._Cunningham
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2023-09-13T02:27:37Z
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