In the US when you're arrested you go to jail (which is distinct from prison, which is for long-term convicts).
When a person is arrested in the USA, one of the first courts is the "Bail Hearing" which determines how the accused person will be kept until their trial. They may be sent home, or given a GPS ankle-monitor, or they may be told they have to pay a large "bail bond", which is a deposit that they will lose if they fail to show up for trial and they will get the money back after the trial, or they may be just taken to jail until the conviction if the judge thinks they're too dangerous.
Jail isn't just for "dangerous" individuals. SBF is a young billionaire, already living abroad, who could easily spend the rest of his life in prison. He is the textbook definition of a flight risk, which is yet another thing that makes the slowness of the case all the more absurd.
He could, in the worst case, simply relocate to a country without an extradition clause and add their leadership onto his little black book of "donations."
Yes, but only after you're formally charged. The prosecutors have to build their case before that happens, which will likely take years. They're also more than happy to have SBF free and talking to the media right now. He's giving them so much useful evidence.
Honestly, I’d be curious of the impact of this period on the criminal’s psychology, I bet it deeply exhausts their energy, knowing they’re basically in, only question is when and how much. No way to “enjoy” life with relatives or new friends, all avenues are closed, only thing you have is money and fear, and you read books about survival in prison. Perhaps try to make connections among judges and politicians to share your $34bn. The longer this period lasts, I really wonder whether it destroys the individual just as much as prison time. Waiting for a trial would destroy me, as an innocent.
Is there anything similar in USA? Only for violent crime maybe?