custody
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The couple has been held in custody since their arrests last June, with a $500,000 bond after prosecutors said that Sit and Liu were “packed and ready to flee when they were arrested.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco said 14 Mexicans had died while in ICE custody and another three during ICE "arrest operations".
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
Imamoglu has been in custody since March last year and has been appearing at a prison court since March this year with 414 co-defendants, 59 of whom are also in detention.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
County custody on June 2, and she remains jailed in lieu of $2 million as the case proceeds.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
“We are confident,” said Edward Lim, “that the state will see fit to return custody of May Ling Chow to her biological mother.”
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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