habeas corpus

Chimpanzee Jambo is introduced to the rest of the members of the troop at Zoo Knoxville. The process takes time as members are introduced one or two at a time, over weeks and sometimes months.

Michigan Supreme Court is asked to grant human rights to chimps

Rick Pluta

The Washington D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project argues that chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula deserve common law habeas corpus rights.

Criminal Justice & Legal System

In Michigan detention centers, immigrants push for freedom through habeas corpus filings

Michelle Jokisch Polo

Michigan immigrants in detention could soon see some relief after a federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration’s denial of bond hearings is illegal.

Chimpanzee child playing, swinging on tree trunks in zoo aviary with autumn trees blurred background

Criminal Justice & Legal System

Animal rights group plans Supreme Court appeal over rights of chimps in UP zoo

Rick Pluta

An animal rights group plans to appeal a case to the Michigan Supreme Court, seeking an unlawful imprisonment hearing for six chimpanzees at an Upper Peninsula zoo.