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Originally Posted by Frownland
Oddly enough the US judicial system waits until the grand jury investigation or trial concludes to put people in jail. Weird I know.
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Wow, are you ever naive.
Yes, you certainly can be incarcerated without a grand jury or a trial. If you then go to trial and are found guilty, the judge will usually mark off your time that you already served but he doesn't have to.
In the McMartin Preschool school case, one of the accused served 5 years in a sexual offenders wing of a penitentiary (because he was deemed as too dangerous to be free) before he ever went to trial only to be acquitted from lack of evidence.
In another case, a guy was arrested by the DEA over a pot bust, was locked in a holding cell and left there for 5 days without food or water.
I'd suggest you educate yourself about this "judicial system" because you're going to get quite a surprise.