A Welcome Victory in the Fight Against Asset Forfeiture
The California Assembly approves one of the most significant civil libertarian reforms of the legislative session.
The California Assembly approves one of the most significant civil libertarian reforms of the legislative session.
Police will have to get convictions in many cases before taking people's stuff.
A trashed apartment, seized cash, and a family left in the lurch. Another day of asset forfeiture in the U.S.
An Illinois state's attorney hired his own investigators to pull over motorists and search for drugs. Now the state supreme court will decide if it was legal.
Compromise will require convictions before taking citizens' stuff below a value threshold.
Public records show the NYPD collected $6 million in asset forfeiture revenue in 2013, but a new lawsuit is seeking more info.
Raids on facilities and attempts at asset forfeiture.
What Illinois got when law enforcement grabbed $72 million in property using asset forfeiture
The DOJ starts to retroactively apply new guidelines for structuring-related forfeitures.
A little-known rule lets feds steal money from people who haven't been convicted-or even accused-of a crime.
"Putting criminals in jail is our favorite pastime," says Texas sheriff.
Legislation reintroduced to require a conviction for asset forfeiture.
Another tool used to fight international trafficking comes home to local police.
Tightening the rules would be great-if the police couldn't bypass them entirely.
Newly uncovered documents reveal how much is taken, how much is forfeited-and the desperate need for more transparency.
Tighter rules on seizure and looser rules on sentences for nonviolent crimes.
Reforms would give people more protections from asset forfeiture abuse.
Prosecutors tried to drop the forfeiture case, but the judge would not let them.
Calls for federal reform to stop law enforcement agencies from bypassing state restrictions.
Money donated to help Christian college in Burma, orphanage in Thailand.
No evidence of a real sex-trafficking epidemic? No problem! The state has ways of creating sex traffickers...
Joins nine other states and D.C. in restrictions.
Law would forbid participation in federal 'sharing' program for most situations.
Mississippi voters against civil asset forfeiture.
Polls consistently show the public, when informed, opposes civil forfeiture.
Important reform to reduce asset forfeiture abuse
Incentives bolstered to find reasons to take private property in the name of fighting crime.
The 7th Circuit demands actual evidence of drug trafficking to justify the forfeiture of two brothers' savings.
Legislators smuggled all kinds of questionable provisions into a last-minute, $1.1 trillion spending bill
The bill, which now goes to the governor, requires an arrest and proof beyond a reasonable doubt in most cases.
IRS initially stole $153,907.99 from Ken Quran for taking money out of his own bank account in amounts the government found suspicious.
The schools are supposed to get the funds when police seize assets, but that's not happening.
A convenience store owner accused of "structuring" will get some compensation for his forfeiture ordeal.
It pays for stuff police need. What's not to like?
The DOJ's inspector general deemed the arrangement inappropriate.
New bill would require conviction before police could take ownership of property.
Abuses inspire a proposal to abolish civil forfeiture in Florida.
Police in Bal Harbour never made an arrest.
Thanks to budget cuts, for a while local cops can't get federal payoffs for stealing property allegedly connected to drugs.
The common practice of pretextual stops aimed at finding seizable money takes a hit.
ONDCP requests record amount to "manage the massive paper flow associated with forfeiture."
Albuquerque continues snatching and selling cars through civil, not criminal, program.
New findings show asset forfeiture a growing attack on property rights.
Legislators should ignore the self-interested fearmongering of cops and prosecutors who oppose forfeiture reform.
Despite some reforms, civil asset forfeiture revenues continue to grow.
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Luis v. United States.
The Supreme Court may end mandatory union dues for California school teachers and limit state taking of property.
Governor approves modest reforms to asset forfeiture laws.