You must not be familiar with our court system. People are held all the time and they aren’t flight risks. It’s a bullying tactic they use to get someone to admit they are guilty.
...but based on the law as it is written he [Lewandowski] is not innocent.
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Your claim is wrong. Lewandowski was innocent until proven guilty and is now innocent of the charge for all time. Trying to claim otherwise by considering the law in a vacuum is wrong.
If you want to discuss the court system and other cases, then start another thread on the subject.