Interestingly, in Nashville we just wrapped up a very high-profile case (Perry March). He was a lawyer whose wife disappeared in 1996. They never found her body.
Here's the interesting thing. He had moved to Mexico, and they finally indicted him and extradicted him to Nashville last year. It turned out, during his trial, that at the time they arrested March, the state had almost no evidence against him. However, once he got to jail in Nashville, March shot himself in the foot several times - the most important was his trying to hire a cellmate to kill his in-laws (who had been instrumental in his arrest). This meant new charges against March, and his father, who was in on the plot. March's father then copped a plea, and told all (even about the original murder, which he called an "accident")
They just convicted March on murder 2. Amazingly, in my opinion, without March's jailhouse behavior, the case was so flimsy, he would have been acquitted.
The point being, if you can get away with it, arrest can make a great investigative tool. I ain't saying it's right, but it is what it is.
so - the police should use arrest and imprisonment without bail - as a means of investigation? you're joking I hope.
so, since they always suspect family members as the main suspects in these cases - they are going be arresting alot of husbands/wives/fathers/mothers in this country.
I have seen the story on this guy on A&E or something. He took the kids to Mexico, grandparents trying to get custody. Pretty messy situation. But, I didn't know he was brought back, and now convicted.
I had heard little pieces of the March story. The guy was a slimeball, her parents heroes in my eyes. Glad to hear he was convicted.
I ain't saying it's right, but it is what it is.
Please be arrested for something you didn't do, be denied bail and have your world turned upside down. Then get back to us as to what the meaning of "is" is.