Pre-Trial Detention Debate
Comments debate the legal distinctions between detention, arrest, and imprisonment, focusing on pre-trial holding without charges or conviction, its duration, and legality in various scenarios like contempt of court or flight risk.
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He is not in "prison". He is being detained pre trial and presumed innocent.
Article says detained, not arrested.
Surely you can't be detained for more than 24hrs without charge?
Why wouldn't they just detain you until the time runs out?
That's just semantics. He's jailed without a conviction at this point.
It’s also a very basic question to ask. Once you have been arrested, there is a procedure to be followed and you will probably choose to get a lawyer. At the same time, they can’t detain you for longer than is reasonable without officially arresting you. So some may try to exploit the ambiguity of a situation to make you think that you are not free to leave, but without explicitly detaining you. Asking this question forces them to start engaging in the proper procedure for detention or arrest, o
Not really. They arrested him to investigate and let him go. It's not very nice, but it's lawful and working as intended
Any proof he is actually arrested?
Illegally detaining anyone is one too many.
You realize you can be arrested and held in jail before a trial right? That's exactly same thing as confiscating assets pending a trial.