HURRICANE

Habeas Corpus: From Racial
Justice To The War On Terror was held on
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Wednesday June 18 at the Yale Art Gallery Auditorium as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.


Click below for excerpts from the panel discussion.












The Writ of Habeas Corpus is the legal instrument through which an individual may request a court review of conditions leading to detainment and conviction. Long a powerful weapon against institutional racism, habeas now has come under siege in the name of the War on Terror. Panelists for this discussion included Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and Judge H. Lee Sarokin, who ruled in favor of Carter's last-hope writ, as well as award-winning journalist Jack Hitt,


civil rights advocate and professor at Georgetown Law School David Cole,and moderator Harold Koh, dean of Yale Law School.