Habeas CorpusHabeas Corpus is the process by which state prisonersparticularly those on death rowappeal to federal courts to have their convictions overturned. Its proper role in our criminal justice system has always been hotly contested, especially in the wake of 1996 legislation curtailing the ability of prisoners to appeal their sentences. In this timely volume, Eric M. Freedman reexamines four of the Supreme Courts most important habeas corpus rulings: one by