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What confused me most is that he was arrested twice. It seems non-nonsensical to arrest him a second time (rather than simply charge him), given that he was alr
by gnode 8y ago
What confused me most is that he was arrested twice. It seems non-nonsensical to arrest him a second time (rather than simply charge him), given that he was already in police custody.
Does this signify something meaningful, such as a change of which legal basis the arrest is under, and thus a change to the rights he has?
- M2Ys4U 8y agoSection 31 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act: Where— (a) a person— (i) has been arrested for an offence; and (ii) is at a police station in consequence of that arrest; and (b) it appears to a constable that, if he were released from that arrest, he would be liable to arrest for some other offence, he shall be arrested for that other offence.
- anigbrowl 8y agoThat's because arresting someone isn't so much a matter of their physical custody as initiation of a legal process involving an assertion of custody. Think of it like process serving in civil cases, where it's easy to imagine multiple lawsuits proceeding in parallel.
- winchling 8y agoIt's also used as an unofficial form of punishment.
- ConcernedCoder 8y agoOr "official" form... see Japan's legal system, where prosecutors interrogate those arrested without legal council, and the right to post bail can be an award for a confession. see: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/business/carlos-ghosn-nissan-arrested-japan/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/business/carlos-ghosn-nissan-...