Modest Police Forfeiture Reform in Michigan Makes It to Governor's Desk
Increases burden of proof, requires more transparency
Increases burden of proof, requires more transparency
Anti-trafficking efforts includes everything from offering or soliciting paid sex, to living with a sex worker, to running a classified advertising website.
Police, prosecutors resist changes.
Would forbid use of seized funds to perpetuate drug war.
Police lobbyists swarm the California Capitol to derail popular asset-forfeiture reform bill.
Bill fails, but the battle's not over.
Law and order lobbyists defeat due process.
California's participation in federal program threatened just by calling for better due process.
But there's still legislation under consideration to mandate conviction first.
There are still some limits on cops' license to steal, provided courts are willing to enforce them.
Judging from Ginnifer Hency's case, the official reason is implausible.
The county kept Ginnifer Hency's property even after the charge against her was dismissed.
Don't let the Left own this issue. They've been terrible.
An ACLU lawsuit highlights the corrupting effect of civil forfeiture.
Another lived rent-free in a confiscated house.
Innocent owners often find that fighting a seizure costs more than their property is worth.
Police chiefs, prosecutors don't want money taken away.
Vu Do says he never committed a drug offense, but he did miss a deadline.
A prostitution witch hunt in Tucson uncovered ample police corruption, yet it's the civil liberties of citizens suffering a blow.
Now he may have to prove the money is not involved with any crime to get it back.
Get out your magnifying glass for this flowchart.
Charles Clarke says he is a smoker, not a dealer, but it may not matter.
(Spoiler: Chances are they're probably awful.)
Law enforcement agencies would be blocked from bypassing state restrictions by turning to the Department of Justice.
Agents turn to local judges and prosecutors to get permission more quickly.
In response to mounting reports of abuses, Michigan legislators consider forfeiture reform.
As reports of abuse mount, Michigan may join New Mexico and Montana in limiting legalized larceny.
The criminal penalties that GM faces for the Cobalt debacle could be massive and deleterious to the driving public
Spurious drug war reasoning invoked
The feds drop a forfeiture case that violated their own policies.
Civil forfeiture tactics are increasingly making the news.
The deposits were too small, so the government cleaned out his bank account.
Will reforms work or will police just turn to the Department of Justice?
South Gate seizes more under federal program than San Francisco.
New report shows municipalities bolstering ailing budgets with seizures.
Committee hearing focuses on FAIR Act proposal.
Actual criminal conviction will be required to take citizens' property.
If governor doesn't sign bill this week, it is dead.
Absent other criminal charges, they won't go after those suspected of 'structured' deposits.
Federal and state governments are extracting and pocketing huge payments from big businesses, perverting justice along the way.
Bill also shifts money seized to general fund and away from law enforcement.
You know who else has a judicial system that is hard to fight and extracts money from citizens?
Civil asset forfeiture strikes again.
Would have required a felony drug conviction before property could be seized.