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In 2008, the Supreme Court held that suspected enemy combatants held at Guantanamo are entitled to due process as though they were civilian criminal suspects.
due process = the administration of justice according to established rules and principles

Senseless killing—Tom had been given due process of law to the day of his death; he had been tried openly and convicted by twelve good men and true; my father had fought for him all the way. (source) Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960
due process = justice according to established rules and principles

The increased attention also led to several Supreme Court rulings that provided basic due process protections for imprisoned people.† (source) Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy, 2014

Never obliterate a man unthinkingly, the way an entire fief might do it through some due process of law.† (source) Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965

The captain, who described himself as "a redneck," arguing for due process, and Farmer, who clearly considered himself a champion of human rights, arguing for preventive detention.† (source)

Due process had been violated, Korematsu claimed, along with other constitutional rights.† (source)

But I do not believe it could ever recover from the death of due process.† (source) Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, 1966

They dragged out Dr. Noguera, tied him to a tree in the square, and shot him without any due process of law.† (source)

Our courts have ruled on this many times, and under our law no man or woman may be compelled to do something against his will without due process.† (source)

What if justice isn't equal to due process?† (source) Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, 2008

Then it might be wise for the senator to take a step back and leave due process to the department.† (source) J.D. Robb, Naked in Death, 1995

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It never ended—someone's somebody—all persistently filed in to bruise their heads upon the rigid walls of due process.† (source)

Following that course will sidestep due process.† (source) Alexs Pate, Amistad, 1997

The horrific events of 9/11 tempted me to think that interning people without due process might be the thing to do.† (source)

She thought of rules, of due process, of the system she'd made herself an intregal part of.† (source) J.D. Robb, Naked in Death, 1995

Also, in pursuit of the same cause he fired off a cannonade of letters to such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Kansas State Bar Association-letters attacking his trial as a "travesty of due process," and urging the recipients to aid him in his quest for a new trial.† (source) Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, 1966

Forsyth went on to explain the separation of powers within the government and how even an order from the President could not extricate a person or persons from the right to due process.† (source) Alexs Pate, Amistad, 1997

With that opening, Adams went on to provide a precise and detailed account of how from Gedney's initial boarding of the Amistad, to Holabird's actions in the hearing, to Forsyth's instructions to the prosecutor and communications with the Spanish minister to orders issued by President Van Buren himself, representatives of the U.S. Government acted at every step to deny the Amistads their right to due process.† (source) Alexs Pate, Amistad, 1997

""we, the Jury, believe that the said occurrence was murder and recommend that the said Bigger Thomas be held to the Grand Jury on a charge of murder, until released by due process of law"."† (source) Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940

And throw him in jail at Bridgeburg, where he could explain, with all due process of law, the startling circumstances that thus far seemed to unescapably point to him as the murderer of Roberta Alden.† (source)

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.† (source)

…or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any Criminal Case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.† (source)

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.† (source)

…or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.† (source)

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