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The Bold and the Beautiful’s villain-in-training, Luna, was sent back to prison, but she’s broken out again. Meanwhile, fans want to know how she was sent back to prison without a trial.

Back in Jail Without a Trial

New questions about Luna’s (Lisa Yamada’s) crimes have popped up. In the U.S. criminal justice system, you can’t go to jail without a trial for a period of time. However, that’s not the case for Luna, who was immediately sent back to prison without a trial.

These questions were raised on a soap opera message board where the original poster asked how this was allowed to happen. Luna hasn’t been charged for her latest crimes, which include the school shooting and rape of Will (Crew Morrow).

Even supervillain Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) has gone through a trial for her crimes. But fans noticed that’s not the case for Luna. This sparked debate among fans about whether Luna was sent to jail rather than prison.

One person wondered, “I think that she’s still in jail, not prison. What I don’t understand is why we haven’t seen her speaking to an attorney, even a public defender.”

Someone else argued, “Luna has to be just in jail, prisons don’t send their laundry out, they have their own laundry in prison. Jails, though, probably do send theirs out, and I don’t think they would have a prison in the middle of LA either.”

B&B has made it clear that Luna’s in prison, not in jail. That detail alone makes this storyline more confusing, as prison typically occurs after a trial. However, some fans think the characters are just using that word because they believe that’s where she belongs.

Does Luna Deserve a Fair Trial?

This brings up an important question: Does Luna deserve a fair trial? Of course, she deserves to be in prison for the rest of her life. However, everyone deserves the right to a fair trial, and she should fight for it, especially if she wants to present her case to secure her freedom.

One fan wrote, “It’s maddening to every viewer that her crimes have never been read out.”

Someone else speculated, “After being charged, a prisoner could be held for a year before they come to trial. She should, though, at least have a public defender.”

Another person noted, “She is most likely being held without bail before the trial starts, even though we never saw her arraignment. It makes sense she is not given bail as she is a double murderer.”

This week, Luna broke out of jail, and she will end up on the run. The B&B preview shows Li (Naomi Matsuda) asking Luna to make the right decision. Will she finally turn herself in?