International law permits a limited number of legitimate reasons for detaining unconvicted individuals. |
If you just grabbed an unconvicted murderer off the street and lynched him, you would be a murderer in your own right. |
However, there are different conditions for unconvicted prisoners charged with capital offence. |
Their hope is that he will re-emerge in time, unscathed and unconvicted of war crimes, to be given his own talk-show on al-Jazeera. |
The real irony of the situation at Barlinnie is that untried, unconvicted prisoners face the worst conditions. |
Japanese law states that prisoners sentenced to death shall be treated like unconvicted prisoners. |