Yes, let me just arrest you over some text and hold you for a couple of days.

Surely no problem! But being serious if anything this is worse than no imprisonment. Why are they arresting so many people they don't have any grounds to jail longer term?

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iamacyborg 2 days ago | parent [-]

Days?

> The police can hold you for up to 24 hours before they have to charge you with a crime or release you.

> They can apply to hold you for up to 36 or 96 hours if you’re suspected of a serious crime, such as murder.

> You can be held without charge for up to 14 days if you’re arrested under the Terrorism Act.

https://www.gov.uk/arrested-your-rights/how-long-you-can-be-...

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marcus_holmes 2 days ago | parent [-]

but then once charged you can be held for years on remand [0], there is no limit to how long the court can take to actually getting around to holding your trial. The law says now 8 months, but (as this site says) people are held for years.

[0] https://legalknowledgebase.com/how-long-can-someone-be-held-...

	▲	cyanydeez a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, and once your speech incites people to set a hotel full of people on fire, some of them can die forever! It really makes you think.