Momentum Builds for Civil Forfeiture Reform in Tennessee – Activists Meet at Annual Bill of Rights Dinner

Momentum Builds for Civil Forfeiture Reform in Tennessee – Activists Meet at Annual Bill of Rights Dinner

SC justices considering civil forfeiture accuse attorney of avoiding truth

Report

A New Panel Dataset for Studies Using Substate Units of Analysis and Indicators of Drug Activity

SC justices accuse attorney of dodging questions in challenge to civil forfeiture law

Could SC cops be banned from keeping money seized in cases? Supreme Court hears arguments

South Carolina Supreme Court to hear appeal case striking down civil forfeiture

New Jersey receives ‘D-’ for civil asset forfeiture laws in recent report

Guest column: Florida police need to follow Florida law

Florida leads the nation in civil asset forfeitures, study finds

DC Decriminalizes Drug Paraphernalia; Pot Possession, Cultivation Now Legal in MT, More… (1/4/21)

Justices Trade Blockbusters for ‘Meat and Potatoes’ in 2021

Forfeiture is a vital tool in opioid fight

New national report gives Minnesota a ‘D’ for civil forfeiture

Report shows the high cost of innocence in Hawaii

Indiana’s biggest court stories of 2020: From Coney Barrett to Land Rover saga

New York receives middling score for its asset forfeiture laws in new report

COMMENTARY: Asset forfeitures provide a $70 billion windfall for law enforcement

Who should keep an eye on drug seizure accounts?

New Mexico only state with ‘A’ grade for civil asset forfeiture practices

New report gives Pennsylvania a ‘D-‘ for its civil asset forfeiture laws

Abolish civil asset forfeiture

Trump Outlaws Ugly Federal Buildings

Congressman Introduces New Bill To Abolish Civil Forfeiture

Iowa: The state that stole Christmas through civil asset forfeiture

Asset forfeitures provide windfalls for law enforcement

Alabama police talk about safety but patrol for cash

Contra Costa DA makes stricter interim asset forfeiture rules permanent

Michigan rep introduces bill to end civil asset forfeiture

States Are Finally Revoking Cops’ License To Steal

Florida leads nation with $266 million in property seizures by law enforcement, study finds

The civil thing to do

Magnio column: Asset forfeitures provide a $70 billion windfall for law enforcement

Justin Amash Introduces Bill To End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide – Reason.com

When New Mexico Abolished Civil Forfeiture 5 Years Ago, Cops Predicted Crime Would Soar. It Didn’t

Yet Another Report Shows Asset Forfeiture Doesn’t Reduce Crime Or Cripple Criminal Organizations

New report gives Pa. a D-Minus for its civil forfeiture laws | Thursday Morning Coffee

South Carolina law enforcement agencies have forfeited nearly $97M since 2009, report says

Opinion: Bring police-seized assets into the light

Arizona earns D- for police moneymaking schemes

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Poor Forfeiture Laws Allowed State and Federal Governments to Forfeit More Than $68.8 Billion Over Past 20 Years New Report Finds Civil Forfeiture Rakes in Billions Each Year, Does Not Fight Crime

Contra Costa DA changes asset forfeiture policy, 18 months after pledging to do so; criminal charges, $1,000 threshold required to seize property

Arizona earns D- for police moneymaking schemes

NM End of Civil Asset Forfeiture Didn’t Increase Crime: Study

Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.

Critics say more needs to be done in Florida to close ‘policing for profit’ loophole

Report

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Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing For Profit

This Forfeiture Victim Waited 2 Years Without a Hearing. Is That Due Process?

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Government Routinely Holds Property Months or Years Without a Hearing; Gerardo Serrano Waited Two Years for His Day in Court Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court Seeks to Ensure Prompt Hearings After Property Seizures

How to Beat Legalized Larceny

DEA Returns Seized Money To Gambler

Happy ending for gambler who had money seized by the DEA

Drug Enforcement Agency to Repay Gambler’s Money Seized at Airport

DEA to Return $43,000 It Seized From Tampa Woman at Airport

D.E.A. agrees to return $43,000 seized from Tampa Bay area woman

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DEA seized money at the airport and held it for months without ever charging her with a crime Tampa Woman Will Finally Get Her $43,167 Back from the Federal Government

Poll: Most Americans Want To Defund Civil Forfeiture

Civil Liberty Suffers Bad Week on Interstate 85

Press Release

The Institute for Justice is asking the state Supreme Court to end “policing for profit” and restore South Carolinians’ expectation that they are innocent until proven guilty Theft of Seized Funds Demonstrates Deep Need for Civil Forfeiture Reform in South Carolina

Editorial: It’s time to end ‘policing for profit’ in Tennessee

Former Koch Industries Executive Recommends Justice Reforms Oklahoma Can Make

How Pa. state troopers seize big money from drivers, many of whom are never charged

Pressure is on for more police transparency. But NJ delayed database showing seized property

How Pa. state troopers seize big money from drivers, many of whom are never charged

If The Supreme Court Doesn’t Act, The Government Could Hold Your Car Indefinitely Without A Hearing

5 Most Absurd Foreclosure Stories

拜登上台要削减警费搞乱美国？完全是共和党无中生有｜事实核查

RBG’s Biggest Opinions, From Civil Rights To Civil Procedure

Surveying the Federal Government’s Kafkaesque System of Legalized Larceny, the 5th Circuit Sees No Due Process Problem

Snitchin’ Economics: How The U.S. Government Spends $500M+ A Year On Snitches And Informants

Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws in West Virginia

A look into DHS asset forfeiture procedures

New report shows controversial law still generating millions for police in Minnesota

When agency management and the IG disagree

After the DEA Robbed Her of $43,000 at an Airport, She Joined a Class Action Challenging the Agency’s Cash Grabs

Civil asset forfeiture reform back on SC House radar after near miss in 2019

Tampa woman says DEA seized over $40,000 at the airport without cause

Virginia must tackle qualified immunity

Press Release

Federal lawsuit was launched after retiree’s life savings were seized at the Pittsburgh Airport Tampa Woman Joins Class Action Suit Challenging TSA and DEA Airport Seizures

The DEA seized a retired railroad engineer’s life savings

Coral Gables Votes to Spend $1.1 Million on Giant Police “Mobile Command Center”

Attorney says Mercer County prosecutors violating due process rights in forfeiture cases

FAIR Act: Civil-Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Deserves Bipartisan Support

Press Release

Hindsight on 2020: IJ Launches Legislative Initiative to Help Lawmakers Craft and Enact Responsive Reforms to Crises of This Year

DHS Agencies Are Taking Millions In Cash From Travelers Every Year, Can’t Be Bothered To Stop Any Crimes

How Would Dismantling the DHS Affect the War on Drugs?

Opinion: Starting a conversation: What could SC do?

Mr Sowers Goes to Washington: How an RTD hero changed US law to stop a government racket

End Civil Asset Forfeiture to Defund the Drug War

The Cops Took This Guy’s Car Because He Unwittingly Rented It to an Alleged Drug Dealer

Millions in currency seized at airports, often due to reporting violation

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.4.20

This is Why Bitcoin: Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion in Cash at Airports in 16 Years

Report Details Eye-Popping Amount of Undeclared Cash Seized at Airports

Airport Robbery: Feds Take Over $2 Billion From Travelers Through Asset Forfeiture

Feds seized $2 billion at MIA, other airports for not declaring cash, report says

The Simple Trick The Government Uses To Take Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars From Travelers

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CBP and other Homeland Security agencies use civil forfeiture to take and keep currency from travelers whose only crime is ignorance of reporting requirements New report: CBP, Other DHS Agencies Seized $500 Million From Air Travelers Over Missing Paperwork

Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion in Cash From Travelers at U.S. Airports

Report Finds Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion From Travelers

Homeland Security Has Seized $200 Million From Travelers At O’Hare Airport Since 2000, Report Finds

POLITICO Playbook PM: ‘It’s not just Congress’

Homeland Security seized $2 billion from travelers, but most were never charged with a crime, report says

Case Could Declare Civil Forfeiture Unconstitutional In South Carolina

Think twice before heading to the airport with that huge wad of cash

The Feds Have A Long History Of Snatching People Up. Only Now They Are Targeting Middle-Class White People

The Agenda: COVID-19 crisis looms as more return to work; Monument supporters call for cuts for cities that remove Confederate statues

Civil Forfeiture: When Cops Act Like Robbers, by Corey Friedman

Sweeping civil forfeiture reform could come in SC with case drawing national attention

Report

Homeland Security and Cash Seizures at Airports Jetway Robbery?

Lawsuit

Case asks court to end “policing for profit” and restore South Carolinians’ expectation that they are innocent until proven guilty South Carolina Civil Forfeiture

Press Release

Case asks court to end “policing for profit” and restore South Carolinians’ expectation that they are innocent until proven guilty Institute for Justice Asks S.C. Supreme Court to Strike Down Civil Forfeiture Laws

Civil Asset Forfeiture Under New Scrutiny Amid Calls for Police Reform

Sen. Paul Tries Again on Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform

Now’s a good time to scrap civil asset forfeiture

Defunding the police – Cutting American police budgets might have perverse effects

New Hope for Civil Forfeiture Reform

Rand Paul Introduces Bill To Abolish “Nonjudicial” Civil Forfeiture

Editorial: Better data needed on civil asset forfeiture

Report: Alabama law enforcement seized $4.8M in 2019; lawmaker wants more information

Civil asset forfeiture used by some law enforcement ‘as a major revenue source’

Can Law Enforcement Seize Your Cash Without A Crime?

Now in Effect: West Virginia Law Requires Strict Asset Forfeiture Reporting

Should Police Reform Include A New Look At How Police Seize Assets?

Press Release

Three Specific Ways to Fix Bad Policing

Nearly $150,000 Missing From Police Safe Shows Why Civil Forfeiture Is Fundamentally Flawed

Lancaster County Drug Task Force ‘Missing’ $150K From Asset Forfeiture Fund

Events of recent days remind us of the need for local journalism and a free press [editorial]

Judge Urged To Ax Suit Challenging TSA Cash Seizures

Lancaster County DA: $150,000 missing in alleged ‘internal theft’, attorney general to investigate

After 7 Years, Indiana Returns Seized Land Rover In Landmark Supreme Court Case

Asset forfeiture reform bill falls victim to COVID-shortened session

Friday round-up

Police Return Seized Land Rover To Indiana Man After 7-Year Civil Forfeiture Battle

‘A victory’: Indiana returns Land Rover after 6 years — with strings attached

Seized vehicle that sparked SCOTUS civil forfeiture ruling returned to owner

Indiana Returns Land Rover Seized 7 Years Ago in Landmark Asset Forfeiture Case

Press Release

Indiana Returns Vehicle in Landmark Civil Forfeiture Case, But Government Continues its Appeal

Why Did Arizona Democrats Kill a Bill Protecting Citizens From Police Overreach?

Paul Petersen’s ex-wife asks lawmakers to change law that let authorities seize her homes

House panel approves measure to raise bar on forfeitures

Darpana Sheth and Daryl James: Profit-minded police exploit K-9 partners

Should Cops Accused Of Stealing Over $225,000 Have Legal Immunity? Supreme Court Urged To Hear Case

Timbs civil forfeiture suit starts same as 7 years ago

After Seven Years And A US Supreme Court Victory, Tyson Timbs Is On Step Closer To Finally Getting His Car Back

Grant County man is closer to getting his Range Rover back from local law enforcement – TheStatehouseFile.com

Court orders Land Rover returned as Indiana loses again in civil forfeiture lawsuit

Indiana Man Gets His Seized SUV Back After a 7-Year Battle

Judge: Seized Land Rover should be returned to recovering heroin user ‘immediately’

After long legal bout, man gets seized SUV

Press Release

Seven years after car’s seizure, trial court orders State of Indiana to return the vehicle “immediately.” 14 Months After U.S. Supreme Court Victory, Tyson Timbs Wins Civil Forfeiture Case

Judge orders state to return Tyson Timbs’ Land Rover, calling the forfeiture grossly disproportionate to the crime committed

Judge orders return of seized Land Rover that led to SCOTUS civil forfeiture case

Righting a wrong

Eric Smith case shows Michigan needs forfeiture reform

Man will not get pickup truck back, Ninth Court rules

Michigan Prosecutor Arrested For Using Confiscated Money As His Own Personal Slush Fund

Friday round-up

Signed as Law: West Virginia Requires Strict Asset Forfeiture Reporting

Thursday round-up

A second pandemic: Virus opportunism

Five Years After The DEA Wrongfully Took Her Money, Miami Woman Still Fighting To Get Every Dollar Back

DEA Returns Money It Stole From An Innocent Woman, Gets Court To Let It Walk Away From Paying Her Legal Fees

El gobierno le decomisó $15,000 ahorrados para los 15 de su hija. La madre lucha por el reembolso

Five Weeks After Being Sued, DEA Agrees To Return $82,000 It Stole From A Retiree

Feds grab $15,000 from Miami mom’s ‘quince’ savings for daughter. Now she’s fighting back.

Holding greedy government agencies accountable

Editorial: Fix flaws in forfeiture

Cash seized from Lowell women at airport to be returned

Oregon Engineer’s New Traffic Light Timing Formula Means Longer Yellow Lights

Man getting back his $82K life savings after it was seized at Pittsburgh International Airport

DEA to return $82,000 life savings seized at airport but doesn’t say why

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to return retiree’s $82K in seized cash

DEA Will Return $82K Life Savings It Seized From an Elderly Pittsburgh Man and His Daughter

Tennessee forfeiture laws have strayed away from original civil design

Father, Daughter To Get Back $82,000 Of Life Savings They Say DEA Wrongfully Seized At Pittsburgh International Airport

DEA Will Return Over $82,000 Seized From Innocent Retiree

Press Release

Without any apology, DEA will return more than $82,000 wrongfully seized at Pittsburgh airport six months ago, but federal class action lawsuit will proceed Pittsburgh Retiree to Finally Get Life Savings Back from the Federal Government

Senate committee moves forward bill to move drug money forfeiture to criminal proceedings

Indiana man has been fighting to get luxury SUV back after 2013 drug conviction

After US Supreme Court win, recovering heroin user might finally get Land Rover back

Detroiters sue Wayne County over seized vehicles and fees

Press Release

Federal Lawsuit Will Proceed on Behalf of Victims of Unconstitutional Vehicles Seizures Following Lawsuit, Detroit Police Return Car Illegally Seized Using Civil Forfeiture

Police take Detroiter’s car, roll over his rights

Timbs forfeiture case back in trial court for excessiveness ruling

Innocent Owners Sue Detroit For Seizing Cars, Holding Them Ransom

Under Pressure, More Kentucky Agencies Report Asset Forfeiture Seizures

Under Pressure, More Ky. Agencies Report Asset Forfeiture Seizures

Michigan County Sued For Stealing Cars From Innocent Car Owners Via Civil Forfeiture

Farmer Refuses to Roll, Rips Lid Off IRS Behavior

Retiree Loses Life Savings to Civil Forfeiture

Lawsuit challenges Wayne County’s seizure practices

Lawsuit: Wayne County’s Vehicle Seizure Program is Illegal

Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Detroit’s Asset Forfeiture Racket

Lawsuit challenges Wayne County’s controversial vehicle forfeiture law

Wayne County Took Thousands of Vehicles Without Filing Criminal Charges

Lawsuit accuses Wayne County of unconstitutional vehicle seizures, holding them for “ransom”

Wayne County hit with lawsuit over vehicle forfeiture program

Authorities accused of wrongly seizing thousands of cars in Wayne County

Lawsuit challenges Wayne County’s seizure practices

Robert Reeves

Melisa Ingram

Michigan Cops Seized This Woman’s Car After Her Then-Boyfriend Allegedly Picked Up a Prostitute

Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Detroit’s Unconstitutional Civil Forfeiture Program Detroit Civil Forfeiture

Press Release

Case seeks to overturn dangerous precedent enabling Detroit to systematically seize cars from innocent owners and then ransom them back for hundreds or thousands of dollars Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Shutdown Detroit’s Unconstitutional Civil Forfeiture Program

Wayne County vehicle seizure, forfeiture policies spark class-action lawsuit

Border agents took his truck, rolling over the Constitution

Diane Dimond: The government taking cash for no reason

Border Agents Take Man’s Truck But Not Responsibility – InsideSources

Retiree Who Had Over $82,000 Seized Sues TSA And DEA For Violating The Fourth Amendment

Wednesday round-up

Letter: Courts must stop abuse of power by government

New Jersey Is Now The 16th State To Require Convictions For Civil Forfeiture

Lancaster County District Attorney’s office releases drug forfeiture spending records

Agents seized this mom’s $15,000 in a raid. Now the Supreme Court may weigh in to help her.

Rigged Forfeiture Law Seizes Property In 4 Steps

Retiree Sues TSA, DEA for Confiscating Money Without Cause

The lives of NJ’s 19,000 inmates may change as a result of Murphy’s prison reform

Law Enforcement Will Have a Harder Time Seizing Property In This State

When the feds seize cash without due process

DEA, TSA Sued For Stealing 79-Year-Old Man’s Life Savings From His Daughter At An Airport

Lowell woman sues over $82,000 confiscated at airport

Press Release

Miladis Salgado luchó con éxito para recuperar el dinero de la quinceañera de su hija, pero ahora el gobierno se niega a pagar los honorarios de su abogado Mujer de Miami apela a la Corte Suprema para recuperar cada dólar confiscado injustificadamente por agentes federales

Press Release

New Jersey Governor Signs New Conviction Requirement for Civil Forfeiture

Money grab: Law enforcement seizes money without cause

Woman has $82K in cash seized at Pa. airport; says it was her dad‘s ‘life savings’

DEA seized a woman’s bag of cash at an airport; it was her dad’s life savings

Reports: Woman says agents seized $82,000 in cash at airport. She’s suing

Pittsburgh man sues government to get back $82K seized at airport

Man had his life Wealthy Seised at airport – Reno Hotline

Lawsuit: Man’s Life Savings Held in Tupperware Container Seized at Airport, Highlighting Case for Bitcoin

Nationwide Class Action Filed Against TSA & DEA For Seizing Travelers’ Cash At Airports

The DEA seized a 79-year-old man’s life savings at airport and won’t give it back

Lawsuit: DEA seizes father’s life savings at airport without alleging any crime

Feds Sued Over $82,000 Seized at Pittsburgh International

Family Sues DEA and TSA After Elderly Man’s Life Savings Were Seized at Airport

Father, Daughter Claim DEA Seized $82,000 Worth Of Life Savings At Pittsburgh International Airport

‘Like I Was Mugged’: Woman Says Agents Took $82K From Her at Airport

Federal agency seizes Pennsylvania man’s life savings at airport, no explanation given

Pittsburgh retiree, daughter suing the federal government over seized life savings

Father and adult daughter sue feds over confiscated life savings

South Fayette retiree, daughter sue to recover $82K seized at Pittsburgh airport

Father and daughter sue feds over $82,000 seized at Pittsburgh International

N.J. will now track how much money and property cops seize from residents

Terry Rolin

Rebecca Brown

Press Release

DEA seized more than $82,000 from retiree’s daughter as she traveled through the Pittsburgh airport Pittsburgh Retiree Sues Federal Government to Get His Life Savings Back

Lawsuit

Pittsburgh Retiree Sues Federal Government to Get His Life Savings Back DEA and TSA Airport Forfeitures

The DEA seized her father’s life savings at an airport without alleging any crime occurred, lawsuit says

New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds Pleading The Fifth In Civil Forfeiture Cases

New Jersey Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms

Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Mandating Comprehensive Disclosure and Transparency Requirements for Civil Asset Forfeiture

Forfeiture Cases Can Take Years, Even for the Innocent; Supreme Court May Help

Missouri Cops Used Federal Loophole To Seize $2.6 Million From Drivers Who They Never Charged With Crimes

Civil forfeiture amendments don’t defeat prior forfeiture action, COA says

Year in Review: In 2019, troubles dominated legal news

Press Release

New Jersey Assembly Passes Transparency Bill for Police Seizures

Since 2007, DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime

The Other Access To Justice Rulings That Mattered In 2019

Traffic Cops Set Another Revenue Trap

New Jersey may make it harder for police to keep property they take from you

One Black Friday sale Pennsylvanians should be happy to miss | Opinion

TAKEN: How police departments make millions by seizing property

Exclusive: How civil forfeiture errors, delays enrich SC police, hurt people

Opinion: Why SC must end its civil asset forfeiture

Supreme Court Could Stop The Federal Government From Not Paying Legal Fees

Lawsuit

Miami Woman Appeals to the Supreme Court to Get Back Every Dollar Federal Agents Wrongly Took From Her Miami Forfeiture Attorneys’ Fees

With This Forfeiture Trick, Innocent Owners Lose Even When They Win

Press Release

Deadline to apply for cash settlement with city December 6, 2019 Video News Release: Forfeiture Victims Need to Act Now To Get Compensation for Taken Property

Press Release

IJ asks Supreme Court to End DOJ’s End Run Around Paying Attorneys’ Fees to Innocent Victims of Civil Forfeiture Civil Forfeiture Victim Takes Her Fight For Attorneys’ Fees to U.S. Supreme Court

Owner of closed trade school to feds: Charge me or allow me to fight seizure of property

Liberal Massachusetts lawmakers want to seize your car if you vape illegally

Pending Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes in Massachusetts Authorizes Forfeiture of Vapers’ Cars

Time to revisit state civil forfeiture law

Stafford: Justices can’t kick Indiana’s civil forfeiture addiction

Range Rover case goes back to state court

Lawmakers urged to close loophole allowing law enforcement to reap benefits of cash and asset seizure

‘Taxation by Citation’: Why Money Won’t Buy Happiness for City Authorities

Despite Rulings In His Favor Seized Vehicle Still Not Returned

Georgia city official denies claims of citation abuse

Study Reveals Cost Of ‘Taxation By Citation’ In 3 Georgia Cities

Indiana Justices Start To Clarify When Forfeiture Goes Too Far

Press Release

Appeals Court Rejects IRS’s Argument For Stonewalling FOIA Request IJ Scores Win In Lawsuit Against IRS Over Forfeiture Records

Indiana Supreme Court Slams “Oppressive” Civil Forfeiture Laws In Seized Land Rover Case

Despite Supreme Court ruling, seized Land Rover not returned

Deadline looming to file claim on property seized by Philly police, DA’s office

Majority justices remand Land Rover forfeiture case for excessiveness analysis

Press Release

Indiana Supreme Court declares that the state does not have a free hand to impose excessive fines and forfeitures With Indiana Supreme Court Ruling, Tyson Timbs Is One Step Closer to Getting His Car Back

State Court Rules Civil Asset Forfeiture Unconstitutional, Tennessee Legislative Committee to Study Issue

Press Release

Deadline to Apply is December 6, 2019 Time Is Running Out for Philadelphia Forfeiture Victims To Submit Claim To Get Compensation for Taken Property

Mobile towing scandal: Is asset forfeiture law killing a small business?

Civil asset forfeiture in South Carolina is unconstitutional, circuit court judge rules

40 pounds of meth, four pounds of heroin and $250,000: Suspected drug traffickers busted in string of cases

Alabama civil asset forfeiture faces constitutional challenges as lawmakers ponder reform

NPRI Issues Report Card 2019 Legislature

VA Sued for Shutting Down Innovative Trade School That Helped Homeless Vets Get Great Jobs

California Cops Who Allegedly Stole Over $200,000 Can’t Be Sued, Court Rules

You shouldn’t need a viral story to get justice in America

Federal Court: Cops Accused Of Stealing Over $225,000 Have Legal Immunity

Press Release

Reporter Carter Walker and LNP will file new request for information on Lancaster district attorney’s spending Judge Declares Lancaster District Attorney Forfeiture Records Subject to Right to Know Law Request

Judge issues order in regards to Lancaster County DA’s appeal of LNP open records request

Lancaster County judge orders district attorney to release some drug forfeiture records, but not all

Commissioners and district attorney’s legal squabble costs thousands in taxes

EDITORIAL: ‘He seizes a lot of dope and a lot of cash’

Federal Court Rules State Judges Cannot Profit From Fines and Fees Imposed on Defendants in the Cases Before Them

What Will Happen to Epstein’s $77 Million NYC Townhouse

Feds are using a controversial method to rescue dogs used for fighting. Is it a useful tool or a PR move?

Now in Effect: North Dakota Reforms Asset Forfeiture, But Federal Loophole Remains

House committee holds marathon hearing on policing: ‘It’s getting embarrassing to be a Missourian’

New Arkansas Law Ends Civil Asset Forfeiture

Civil Asset Forfeiture: New Research Indicates Limited Value, Federal and State Reform Legislation Pending

Governor’s Veto Means Hawaiians Will Continue Suffering Property Rights Violations

Report: Michigan police kept $15 Million taken mostly from small seizures in 2018

Barefootin’ column sheds light on big problem

How Oklahoma’s Top Prosecutors Gang Up Against Reform

Hawaii Governor Vetoes Bill Aimed to End Confiscation of Property Without a Conviction

Kentucky man suing government for taking truck at the border in civil forfeiture case

Law Curbs IRS’s Power To Raid SMB Bank Accounts

Report: Michigan Police Kept $15 Million Taken Mostly From ‘Little Guys’ In 2018

Trump Signs New Law To Protect Innocent Small Business Owners From IRS Seizures

Governor vetoes 18 bills

Legislature can divert civil forfeiture proceeds away from school fund, Indiana Supreme Court rules

Lawmakers Argue Constitution Gives Gov’t Right To Steal Your Car if You’re Caught Speeding

Indiana Is Still Arguing That It’s Constitutional To Seize Your Car for Driving 5 MPH Over the Speed Limit

Customs Agency Cash Seizures at Airports Cost Travelers Millions

Hawaii lawmakers, others urge passage of asset forfeiture bill

New Law Stops IRS From Stealing People’s Money Simply Because It Deems Their Bank Deposits Suspiciously Small

Press Release

Trump Signs Bill to Protect Small-Business Owners from IRS Seizures

Prosecutors try to seize $140,000

Trump Signs Law Making It Harder for IRS to Seize Money From Americans

Civil forfeiture case back before Indiana justices on SCOTUS remand

Court To Decide Whether Seizure Of Car For Minor Drug Offense Was Excessive

Indiana’s top court weighs what amounts to excessive seizure

Press Release

Decision upholds state’s ability to “police for profit” Indiana Supreme Court Finds Law Enforcement Can Keep Forfeiture Funds

Indiana’s top court weighs what amounts to excessive seizure

Indiana Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Civil Forfeiture Case

Our constitutional rights and the move toward criminal forfeiture

Divided Supreme Court upholds civil forfeiture reimbursement of law enforcement

New Study Says Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws in Tennessee and Other States Do Not Reduce Crime

FBI Uses Puppies to Justify Civil Asset Forfeiture

Hawaii Governor Plans to Veto Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill, Claiming Abuses Don’t Occur

Press Release

House Votes To Defund Federal Forfeiture Abuse

The Supreme Court’s Biggest Decisions in 2019

Lawmakers fail to rein in forfeiture abuse, again

Thomas Mitchell: Lawmakers fail to rein in forfeiture abuse, again

Lawsuit Challenges Chicago Towing Racket After City Destroyed Disabled Woman’s Van

Next Steps: Civil asset forfeiture reform

Keep the momentum on criminal justice reform | Opinion

REPORT: Police Asset-Seizure a Lucrative Moneymaker, Ineffective Crime Deterrent

Congress takes aim at IRS cash confiscations

Study shows cops are policing for profit

Study Shows Asset Forfeiture Doesn’t Fight Crime Or Reduce Drug Use

Press Release

Congress Passes Bill to Protect Small-Business Owners from IRS Seizures

Legally Speaking: Civil Forfeiture Laws

Study says asset forfeitures increase with weak economy, but fail to fight crime

Ivey signs civil asset forfeiture law

Asset Forfeiture Funding Has Little Impact on Solving Crimes, Says New Study

Press Release

Alabama Enacts New Transparency Requirements for Civil Forfeiture

Press Release

Extensive, Decade-Long Study Also Provides Fresh Evidence of “Policing for Profit” in Federal Equitable Sharing Program New Report: Nation’s Largest Forfeiture Program Fails to Fight Crime

Study: Civil asset forfeiture doesn’t discourage drug use or help police solve crimes

What the examination found in Smith County

EDITORIAL: Legislature missed an opportunity to reform civil asset forfeiture

Report

Testing Opposing Views of Forfeiture Fighting Crime or Raising Revenue?

How Texas police use civil asset forfeiture in four counties

Alabama Passes New Transparency Requirements for Civil Asset Forfeiture

Great moments in qualified immunity

5 years of Vox, explained by our staff

Local cops are cashing in on illegal game rooms

IRS Tells DC Circ. It Satisfied FOIA Ask On Seized Assets

North Dakota Makes it Harder for Police to Take Property Without a Conviction

Cash grab: As asset forfeiture quietly expands across Pa., abuses follow

Press Release

Starting May 24, 2019, Philadelphians whose property was taken by the city using civil forfeiture can apply for compensation Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Philadelphia Forfeiture Class Action Settlement

Closing civil forfeiture loophole would enable law enforcement to build public trust

Scrap unequal justice system (letter)

Scuttlebiz: New animal hospital is nationally affiliated

$3M fund set up for victims of Philly civil asset forfeiture

Cluster of central Pa. counties — including Lancaster — nearly double intake of forfeiture funds, report says

Cash grab: As asset forfeiture quietly expands across Pa., abuses follow

All hits, no misses

Baker calls it accounting move, but Cabral wants to block it Proposal nudges sheriffs into civil asset forfeiture

They bemoan loss of revenues after change in state law to protect property rights of those suspected of crimes Police agencies forfeit millions after new law chokes off funds from asset seizures

A Promising Proposal to Stop Wrongful Seizure of Assets

Changes in SC seem stalled for now, but ‘everyone wants to reform civil asset forfeiture’

Receipts, please: DA Craig Stedman falls short in his attempt to end LNP’s quest for civil forfeiture records [opinion]

Fight brews as DA hides details about mass confiscations

Joe Biden is losing his glow

Bill would curb policing for profit

Carter Walker

Lawsuit

Pennsylvania newspaper fights local district attorney to make forfeiture records public Pennsylvania Forfeiture FOIA

Press Release

Pennsylvanians have the right to know about the property that local law enforcement takes and how it spends the proceeds Lancaster Newspaper Teams Up With National Law Firm to Make Forfeiture Records Public

National firm joins court battle for DA records

Watch: Institute for Justice news conference on LNP’s open-records battle over forfeiture records [video]

District attorney turns over drug forfeiture records, but LNP says ‘surprise move’ isn’t enough

Public-interest law firm joins LNP in fight for district attorney’s drug assets records

Former Prisoner Helps Prepare Released Felons for Freedom

Report

Civil Forfeiture Hurts America’s Poor

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Defining What’s Excessive In Police Property Seizures Remains Tricky

Testimony on Asset Forfeiture Before the Arkansas State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights

Judge: Lawsuit against Doraville over tickets, fees can continue

Reform Supporters Question ND Civil Forfeiture Bill

Joe Biden is losing his glow

Vehicle forfeiture is affirmed by Minnesota Supreme Court

Senate forfeiture bill advances

Congress looking to block police bonanzas from seized property

How will criminal forfeiture bills impact law enforcement?

Civil asset forfeiture reform bill in Nevada would eliminate ‘policing for profit’ incentive

U.S. House of Representatives group cites TAKEN and will explore federal forfeiture reform

WMBF Investigates: Do civil forfeiture cases always hit their mark?

Press Release

Bipartisan Bill in Congress Would Dramatically Reform Civil Forfeiture

SCOTUS limits asset forfeiture

California Cops Who Allegedly Stole Over $225,000 Can’t Be Sued, Federal Court Rules

The Impact Litigation Campaign to End Civil Forfeiture

Innocent Mom Wins Back Her Seized Car In Minnesota Supreme Court Case

Signed by the Governor: Arkansas Law to End Civil Asset Forfeiture

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