Multiple Choice
A document filed in court in which a prisoner (or other person in custody) requests that he or she be released from custody is called a
A) petition for writ of habeas corpus.
B) bill of attainder.
C) petition for writ of certiorari.
D) petition for writ of mandamus.
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