Understanding the Idea of Remand in the Criminal Justice System:
Understanding the Idea of Remand in the Criminal Justice System: The fairest and fastest delivery of justice is one of the key elements of any criminal justice system. This includes many ins and outs of legal procedures, but one term that comes up a lot when talking about the time between the arrest and the trial is remand. Remand is the process of custody of a person who has been arrested and accused of crime, prior to their trial. But what is this idea really about when it comes to the justice system and why is it so important to keep the law honest? That is the topic of the rest of this blog post — where remand fits in all of it, what it means, what happens to remand people, and what it is like in the larger criminal justice picture. What is Remand: The Basics? Essentially, remand is a legal term which keeps a suspect in custody pending trial or further investigation. They are in jail or police detention but they have not yet been tried on the charge. Remand is not a p...