A legal petition requesting that a judge examine whether an individual is being properly detained in jail, prison, or mental hospitals is called a(n):

A. writ of certiorari.
B. writ of probable cause.
C. ex post facto.
D. habeas corpus.
E. bill of attainder.


Answer: D

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