SCOTUS Says States Have No Right to Money Taken Based on Overturned Convictions
If making people prove their innocence to get their property back violates due process, what about civil forfeiture?
If making people prove their innocence to get their property back violates due process, what about civil forfeiture?
Higher threshold required to trigger civil asset forfeiture in bill signed by governor.
Gov. Butch Otter says cops never abuse asset forfeiture, but there's no way for anyone to know without this bill becoming law.
Is he trying to make libertarians angry, or is he just a puppet of special interests?
Civil forfeiture encourages cops to loot first and ask questions never.
The IRS used obscure money laundering rules to seize money from business owners. A watchdog report finds $17 million of that money was legally obtained.
Meanwhile, new reforms in Minnesota improve on a 2014 law requiring criminal conviction before property can be forfeited to law enforcement
A new government watchdog report finds the DEA grabs cash just for the sake of grabbing cash, raising civil liberties concerns.
Police will also be required to track and report what they take.
Mississippi didn't track how much stuff police seized or how they spent the proceeds. Now it will do at least one of those.
Justice Thomas says SCOTUS should review the constitutionality of asset forfeiture in a future case.
Says he can't back criminal justice reform for violent offenders.
"You are on Twitter like all day."
Civil asset forfeiture reform is an idea that's time has come, in Texas and elsewhere, whether Donald Trump is ready or not.
Senator and staff explain the puzzle of opposing Loretta Lynch, supporting Jeff Sessions, and threatening to filibuster Elliott Abrams
"The police don't have to even charge you with a crime to seize your stuff."
The president agrees there should be no restraint on a form of legalized theft he clearly does not understand.
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Sen. Rand Paul votes aye with rest of GOP.
Vetoes legislation requiring better reporting of how law enforcement gets its hands on people's stuff.
Konni Burton is leading a coalition to reform civil-asset forfeiture abuses. So naturally the president is against her.
Want to know how much stuff police are seizing from people and where all that money goes? Good luck.
They take $5 billion and give back $100 million to crime victims. These numbers don't add up.
State narcotics police seized $4 million in cash-as well as couches, comics, and 18-wheelers-through asset forfeiture in 2015.
It's the worst defense of civil asset forfeiture you'll read today, or possibly ever.
Sen. Sessions' endorsement of civil forfeiture gets public criticism.
People don't like it when cops take property without getting convictions.
Over opposition from law enforcement, Ohio lawmakers passed a bill barring civil asset forfeiture in cases under $15,000.
IRS charges nonprofit $750K to see FOIA records on asset forfeiture.
Despite objections from law enforcement, Ohio lawmakers are poised to make the Buckeye State the latest to reign in asset forfeiture.
The state is also disbanding the interdiction team responsible for the traffic stop.
Charles Clarke was robbed by cops who said his suitcase smelled like marijuana.
Jeff Sessions opposes sentencing reform, defends civil forfeiture, and criticizes the Obama administration for letting states legalize marijuana.
"I work for the state. My job is to take your property from you."
The ruling strengthens civil asset forfeiture reform laws passed last year by the legislature.
James Slatic and his family are fighting to get back $100K that was seized nine months ago by the San Diego D.A. They haven't been charged with a crime.
An Arizona county attorney's office will return Terry and Maria Platt's car, admitting they were innocent, but the Platt's lawsuit isn't over.
Senate sponsor on removal of conviction requirement: 'They want the money.'
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
People's homes and businesses threatened unless they sign away rights.
Unable to afford a lawyer, Terry and Maria Platt entered what a new lawsuit says is a unbeatable maze of laws to get their car back.
An investigation by the Chicago Reader pieces together how the Chicago Police Department uses asset forfeiture funds outside the public eye.
With Gov. Jerry Brown's signature, California mostly closed a loophole that allowed local police to seize property without a conviction by working with the feds.
A bill in the New York City Council would force the NYPD to release annual reports on its asset forfeiture program, but the NYPD says it's impossible.
Hudson County, New Jersey combine dozens of asset forfeiture cases for amounts as low as $11, forcing defendants to pay higher filing fees to challenge them.
Justice Dept. was trying to track down $300,000 missing from fund
A new lawsuit filed by an Albuquerque woman and the Institute for Justice challenges the city's refusal to shut down its lucrative vehicle seizure program.