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  The answer is always no until you ask...
context: It doesn't hurt to ask. >
  
  Well.... presume that he's innocent, in which case he can't defend himself properly because the government took all his money.
  It might make sense for them to put it in an account that could only be used for defense until the trial is over? >
  
  In these situations, if the court releases the funds, then they are typically placed in the "court register," an account used to hold funds subject to litigation, or given to the attorneys directly, depending on whether or not the court wants oversight on the attorney fees (most do not because of the potential for accusations of interfering with the defense directed at the court). >
  
  Poor bastard got robbed twice.