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Arrests != Jail. Read the original comment.

>>esskay+(OP)
Right, taken literally it isn't wrong. They said "can be arrested and jailed". They were arrested and they would have been jailed too if they didn't go to court and defend themselves. How does that not meet the bar of "can be arrested and jailed"?

>>esskay+(OP)
Of course arrests = jail.

What do you think happens when you are arrested? You are taken to jail. At least for a few hours, or overnight, or even several days depending on the court schedule. And then there are the mountain of legal fees and dread of your fate hanging in the balance.

Sure, it’s not necessarily long term incarceration, but it’s enough to scare most reasonable people into submission.