stoney brook university in new york should free two chimps under a statute preventing unlawful imprisonment. the group wants to send the animals to save the chimp sanctuary. we are goinged by chief council to -- joined by chief council to the united states. good to have you with us. there was a lot of confusion. the judge seemed to issue a writ of habbius corpus seeming to imply they were human persons. she took those words out of the order but granted a hearing. >> initially the court issued an order to show cause, and writ of habbius corpus demanding that the defendants come to court and sman why the de -- shane why the detention -- and explain why the detention is laugh. the judge changed is to be an order to show cause and eliminated the language about habius corpus it lead to reporting that the court granted legal rights to chemps. the court decided that the chimps are entitled to a hearing, on whether they are entitled to human process and whether or not the detention is lawful. >> there was a recent case involving a chimpanzee, and the court ruled it could not be seen as a legal pers