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A study of asset forfeiture by the Macinac Center, which concludes nine specific reforms are necessary to reduce the unfairness and abuses of the present system.
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Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens’ Rights
The Framers of the United States Constitution understood that freedom depends upon the vigorous protection of private property rights and that this protection was therefore the most sacred
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Asserting that private property rights are necessary for personal freedom.
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An introductory article on the law of civil forfeiture in the United States written in 1996 by Robert Shaw. Provides an overview of laws and legal standards, forfeiture's origins and history, law enforcement relationships and abuses, and suggestions for reform.
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Excerpt from book about how police can seize you home, car and business without a trial and how to protect yourself, by Brenda Grantland.
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Introduction to: Your House is Under Arrest
Your House Is Under Arrest
How Police Can Seize Your
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Mill Valley, California, U.S.A.
There is a very good reason not to invest in real estate in the United States today:
"Asset forfeiture" is a polite euphemism for the government confiscation of private property. You
The war on drugs took off when police agencies got a new incentive to chase drug offenders: the ability to keep cash and vehicles seized in drug operations. Critics say asset forfeiture skews police priorities by giving them a monetary stake in the war on drugs. Read, Listen (Real Audio, 19:30 min)
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Osage County Sheriff's Deputy Wally Long patrols the highway enforcing traffic laws and doing "crime interdiction"that is, searching cars for drugs, and drug money. Photo: John Biewen
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