Thread: What then after the Investigation ?

Okay, I guess that's right...in other countries you can be arrested without being charged. Isn't that what happened in Aruba? That one guy and even his father were arrested but never charged. I think the time ran out for the prosecution and even the boy has been let go.

As for the U.S. what was described in Missouri is different. There's a big difference between being detained and being arrested.

Back to Malaysia, I thought their system of justice was based on English law. Adster, you are in the UK...can a person be arrested without being charged....I mean, arrested, not just detained for a little while.

Caroline

Originally Posted by Caroline

As for the U.S. what was described in Missouri is different. There's a big difference between being detained and being arrested.



Caroline

What I am saying is this....in Missouri if you are driving down the road and lets use an example......Let's say you get pulled over speeding and while they have you pulled over they see something in the back seat that resembles an item that has been reported stolen. They can arrest you (put you in cuffs, read you your rights and take you in) take you to the jail and hold you for 20 hours WITHOUT charging you with anything. If they do not charge with something within those 20 hours they have to release you.
Something kind of similar happened to a guy I know. When they pulled him over they found some drugs on him. Took him in just like I described and held him for 20 hours (did not charge him anything) then released him. The next afternoon they came back and arrested him again and charged him with possession. I have no idea why they did it this way, but they did.

What I mean by detaining for questioning is they can pick up anybody they want, even just somebody walking down the road, and detain them for questioning for several hours if they choose to. They are not being arrested, just picked up for questioning in this instance.
But you are right, there is a difference in being "detained for questioning" and "being arrested", but both can happen here "without" being charged.
I would say it is highly possible in other countries as well.