Quote of the Day: A Call for Reform « Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession

Quote of the Day: A Call for Reform « Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession: "[T]he never-ending stream of futile petitions suggests that habeas corpus is a wasteful nuisance. By almost any measure, the use, and abuse, of habeas by convicted state prisoners is a failure, one that could corrode one of the most revered pillars of our legal system."