A Writ of Habeas Corpus Declares That

A writ of habeas corpus declares that

A) the government must show a legal cause for holding someone in detention.
B) the government cannot send a defendant to stand trial in a geographically distant jurisdiction.
C) a defendant in a felony trial must receive assistance from legal counsel.
D) capital punishment can be neither cruel nor unusual.
E) the government cannot search premises without a warrant issued by a judge.