1.   All three defendants are being held in County Jail in Redding.

2.   And prosecutors say it is easier to have a defendant held in prison without bail before a trial in the federal system than in the state system.

3.   A similar tension exists in laws that permit a criminal defendant to be held without bail if there is concern that he presents a danger to the community.

4.   All seven defendants are being held without bail.

5.   Defendants today are held to a diminished standard of personal responsibility, Wilson writes.

6.   In addition, federal detention centers often fill to capacity, requiring defendants to be held in state-run facilities hundreds of miles from the courthouse.

7.   Sixteen states have enacted statutes under which such defendants can be held in civil commitment indefinitely, with periodic review to see whether they can be safely released.

8.   The three defendants are being held without bail.

9.   Under certain conditions, defendants can be held without bail even longer.

10.   All the defendants had been held without trial beyond the six-month limit allowed by Cambodian law.