Only they take it when you were arrested, not when you are convicted. Anyone can get arrested - it doesn't take you committing a crime for this to happen. Inno

Only they take it when you were arrested, not when you are convicted. Anyone can get arrested - it doesn't take you committing a crime for this to happen. Innocent people get arrested. Sometimes, folks are accidentally guilty. Bag of drugs in your back seat, dropped by that workmate you drove to lunch? It is your problem now. Not to mention the way the system is run in the US, innocent people wind up convicted. Some folks convict themselves voluntarily because getting arrested and waiting in jail for a trial can do some major life damage.