Male captus bene detentus

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Male captus, bene detentus (wrongly captured, properly detained) is a controversial legal doctrine, according to which the fact that a person may have been wrongly or unfairly arrested, will not prejudice a rightful detention or trial under due process.

The doctrine was applied, among other instances, by Israel in the trial against Adolf Eichmann.