unconvicted defendant

Most Bing inmates are detainees, unconvicted defendants in criminal cases who are awaiting trials.

But the appellate court ruled, 2-1, that due process of law barred the jailing of any unconvicted defendant, even a terrorist bomber, simply on the ground that he is dangerous.

Part 5 of the Act deals with the civil recovery of the proceeds of crime from unconvicted defendants through proceedings in the civil courts (the High Court or, in Scotland, Court of Session).

'Likely to Commit a Crime' But the Federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled that due process of law barred the jailing of unconvicted defendants, even terrorist bombers, simply on the ground that they are dangerous or "likely to commit a crime."