how long can a person b held in jail without evidence and charges?
149798
It depends on what it was that person was doing...and what branch of the government arrested him..He could be held indefinitely.
786266
Everything said before is right.  But consider\n(1) Are these people in county jail (typically for sentences for less than a year), in state prison (typically for sentences in state court for more than a year) or federal prison (typically for sentences in FEDERAL court for offenses).\n(2) If you do not know, start with the federal locator that someone has linked to above( because it's nationwide) and if you have no luck, then try your state system.
517628
You go to your local police department and file a police report.  They will take your statement, and if there is enough evidence, then the person may be arrested, and subsequently, convicted.
316434
It depends upon the crime he has been charged with. The courts are not compelled to release people they believe to be a danger to society or a flight risk, however they can't hold them without cause either. His lawyer should be filing a Writ of Habeus Corpus if there is some question.
805108
The imprisonment is about 6 months to 12 years depending upon the evidence presented and the defense adopted by your friend's husband.  The crime commited is already a grave offense because it involves fraud.
493546
well if he is supposed to go to court and doesn't show then he will have a felony drug charge warrant as well as a felony fleeing warrant and there is no escaping that. they will be in the system until he is caught.
890413
it all depends on the crime really and the institution were a person is being held
301361
go to the local public defenders office.  They can help you with the legal filings to find out what he was arrested for and what can be done about it.  If unpaid fines, the fines will have to be paid or possibly set up on a payment plan if first offense and the fines are high.  He will probably have to appear before a judge if there is no way to pay bail and the prosecuting attorney might let him out with no bail.  There is alot that can be done, but with the information you have given, the best I can tell you is to go to the public defenders office.  Good Luck.
20155
Unfortunately, if you know that someone is doing something wrong and fail to do nothing about it, you can also be charged with a crime. I suggest taking a look at http://www.findlaw.com for information.
343044
He will have a bail hearing.\n\nThey you can bail him out until the trial.\n\nI recommend you call a lawyer now.
616936
the answers given so far are the best way. If you can not call person home, call the branch of law enforcement whom you think arrested this person. If that is not feasible either you can look to see if the county has a website and check there. My county does have one and they post every day who is arrested and what for. Also the police here have one too.
667359
If you think they may still be in Jail call a bailbonds place. They get public records very quickly. Tell them you want to bail out whomever your talking about but you dont know where they are. Dont tell them you dont know if they did get arrested because then they wont waist their time looking.
602708
The person is supposed to serve at least 25 years in prison. That's the minimum if they behave perfectly. For everything they do wrong, that is against prison rules, they get more time added on and can possibly spend the rest of their life in prison.
1171612
no.  in the long run, it would be better to have evidence than to also get the crap beaten out of yourself and probably arrested.
1042290
Varies from state to state.  At worst, you could go to jail, but most don't.  Check your local laws to get the full story.
555054
its a felony assault the person who did this should be arrested, and could get as little as 2 years in prison, if its a first offense it would probably be about 2 yrs.\n(family Experience)
118452
you should be able to call the local jail or police station and ask. give them the name and the record department should be able to tell you yay or nay.