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In an English film, the police arrest a man, and later find out more reasons to arrest him 'again.' Each time, the man already in his holding cell, a policeman formally informs him again, ' I hereby further arrest you for xyz...' and reads him his rights all over again.
The expression 'further arrest' seems pretty odd to me- seems an impossible act. (But I have no knowledge of police jargons and procedures.) Is that a well used expression?
I wonder if the police in England share more of the criminal charge duties with the prosecutor than in the US. This link seems to imply they do. In the US, the police hold a person until the prosecutor makes the charges. I often hear reports of "further charges pending" in the US. If the police in England are making formal charges, they may have to read rights, etc. to keep the charges from being tossed out.
Fortunately, all my information is from observation--not experience.* I am glad I do not know much about this.
*The trouble with learning from experience is that one learn a lot of things one did not want to know in the first place.
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