Well, the principle may be there, but if people can still be incarcerated for that long before some other judge steps in and applies it, then I think, in practice, they can probably keep this woman locked up a long time.
Yes, the law in practice and the law in principle are worlds apart. Some may question whether or not the courts are worthy of respect, I mean other than the kind of respect one gives to thugs out of a sense of self-preservation.