Can an American be arrested in his own home and jailed indefinitely, on the say-so of the President?

Anyone caught in the act of a crime is jailed indefinitely.

Beza Mbeboh, the son of an African diplomat, has been jailed indefinitely for stabbing his church-going father to death.

Nigel Leat, a teacher at Hillside First School, was jailed indefinitely in summer 2011 for Paedophile offences that happened over a 14-year period.

Owen was also jailed indefinitely, and would serve at least three years.

They are jailed indefinitely, some for years.

People who were convicted of three or more offences-even petty ones-could be deemed habitual offenders and jailed indefinitely.

A federal judge later ordered Hurd to be jailed indefinitely.

Brian Keith Jones-convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six children (released; later jailed indefinitely for breaches of parole)

For instance, the prisoner's dilemma is not a dilemma if either player is happy to be jailed indefinitely.