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But the question is for how long? Their prints aren't going to be in our databases most likely nor their faces. So the only way to be sure is to interrogate them and also others about them, and that takes time. So a vague answer won't do here. Give a time frame you would be comfortable with and state that is the max even if it should prove not long enough to identify them. And then don't plan on criticizing the administration if it turns out that someone important was released at the end of that time frame before they could be identified.

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I really don't know. Maybe a week or two before charging them or releasing them? The issue shouldn't be about identifying them anyway. It should be about finding evidence that they committed a crime. If you have evidence, then their identity shouldn't really matter. If there is no evidence, then worrying about correct identification should be beside the point. The much bigger question anyway is what constitutes evidence, and that just depends so don't bother going down that road.

Also, please see Tolbiny's response.