The longer a person sits in the Franklin County jail while awaiting the outcome of his or her misdemeanor case, the worse that outcome is likely to be. At least that was true for those held in pretrial detention at the jail for the first six months of 2018, according to a recent study issued by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio. Those who spent two weeks or more in the Franklin County jail while their misdemeanor cases were pending were 40% more likely to be convicted than those who were in jail for three days or fewer, the study reported.