11. -- The federal courts have the authority to determine whether the detention period is reasonable. 12. Under the legislation, any detention period longer than two days must be approved by a magistrate. 13. El-Mahdi said Turabi's detention period expired last month. 14. Western countries also have sought to shorten pretrial detention periods , which now average about a year. 15. When the 48-hour detention period expires, it is conceivable that we will request a judicial inquiry. 16. Later, the assembly voted 94-12 to extend the pretrial detention period for suspects in genocide cases. 17. The six-month detention period is double the three months that was introduced in a September decree. 18. "A week is not long enough, " said Rodley, but he welcomed progress toward reducing maximum-detention periods . 19. "A week is not long enough, " said Rodley, but he welcomed progress toward reducing maximum detention periods . 20. The reforms reduce police detention periods from seven days to four and allow detainees to inform relatives or lawyers.
