Forfeiture in Arizona

Report

An Institute for Justice Analysis of FY2018 Reporting Data Forfeiture in Arizona

Inside the Philadelphia DA’s side hustle — selling seized homes to speculators and cops

Supreme Court not looking favorably at civil asset forfeiture

Report

An Analysis of Department of Justice Forfeiture Data Civil Forfeiture, Crime Fighting and Safeguards for the Innocent

Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime.

30 Years Ago, Maine Changed Its Law To Curb Forfeiture Abuse. Records Show Nothing Has Changed.

Here’s what happens to money seized from a crime — and how civil forfeiture could change

Supreme Court should limit civil asset forfeitures

At all levels of government, asset forfeiture needs true ‘fix’

Supreme Court Hears Important Civil Forfeiture Case

U.S. Supreme Court should limit civil asset forfeitures

Editorial: Seize chance to limit excessive forfeitures

Neil Gorsuch, Civil Asset Forfeiture, and the Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike them down, leaving open the question of how much is too much. No One Likes Excessive Fines, But No One Can Define Them, Either

Civil asset forfeiture brings Gorsuch, Sotomayor together | Opinion

Supreme Court Hears Important Civil Forfeiture Case

Monday round-up

Justices’ Jokes In Seized SUV Row Have Advocates Grinning

Long Island finds a cash cow: Traffic tickets

Solely largely lifeless

Supreme Court Likely to Deliver a Long Overdue Blow to Civil Asset Forfeiture

Jonathan Blanks How the Supreme Court could help stop police from seizing your property with no evidence of a crime

The Supreme Court Signals It May Rein in Abusive Property Seizures

Broader Bill of Rights Would Dramatically Impact State Courts

Supreme Court Appears Inclined To Apply The Eighth Amendment To Civil Asset Forfeiture

An Indiana man was caught with $260 of heroin. The state took his $42,000 Land Rover.

Time for law enforcement to end the cash grab: Kennedy

Expected High Court Ruling on ‘Excessive’ Fines Boosts Nationwide Movement | The Crime Report

Supreme Court case could have major impact on law in Missouri, Kansas

EDITORIAL: Go 5 mph over the speed limit and lose your car?

Fines and Punishment

Supreme Court Tells Cops To Quit Stealing So Much … Err CONFISCATING So Much!

Indiana Solicitor General: Cars Can Be Seized if Driver Exceeds Speed Limit

Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Eighth Amendment excessive fines clause applies to states

At U.S. Supreme Court Argument, Indiana Claims It Can Forfeit Cars For Speeding, Minor Drug Crimes

Seized: Few Kentucky Police Agencies Report What They Take Through Asset Forfeiture

Editorial: Seizing a car over $225 worth of heroin? The Supreme Court needs to rein in states’ forfeiture power

Supreme Court case could further curtail state forfeitures

SCOTUS set to limit states’ power to seize property used by criminals when committing crimes — led by Neil Gorsuch

Supremes review $42,000 fine for minor drug offense

Supreme Court Leans Toward Car Owner In Excessive Fines Dispute

SCOTUS Weighs Limits on Police Seizure of Property

Dispute Over Indiana’s Seizure of Man’s Land Rover Is Argued Before U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court could limit the travesty of civil asset forfeiture

The Supreme Court has an opportunity to check current abuses of power

Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument in Timbs v. Indiana Suggests Justices are Likely to Apply Excessive Fines Clause to State Asset Forfeitures

Indiana Solicitor General: It’s Constitutional to Seize a Car for Driving 5 MPH Over the Speed Limit

Justices Greet Excessive-Fines Case With Open Arms

Indiana $40K Land Rover seizure case goes to SCOTUS

"Here we are in 2018 still litigating incorporation of the Bill of Rights. Really?" Justice Neil Gorsuch said at one point during Wednesday's oral argument in a closely watched civil forfeiture case. 227 Years Later, ‘Excessive Fines’ Ban Could Reach States

Argument analysis: Court appears ready to rule that Constitution’s bar on excessive fines applies to the states

Indiana man at the center of major U.S. Supreme Court Case

Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor Just Came Out Swinging Against Policing for Profit

Supreme Court Justices Signal They Will Put Limits on States’ Power to Fine

Both conservative and liberal justices on the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that they think the Eighth Amendment's ban on unreasonable fines also applies to the states. The State of Indiana May Be About to Lose a Land Rover

It’s time for the Supreme Court to end asset forfeiture

He lost his $42,000 Land Rover for a $385 crime. The Supreme Court considers whether the constitutional ban on ‘excessive fines’ applies to states

Former heroin addict looks poised to win a Supreme Court battle over fines that weigh on the poor while pumping revenue into states and cities

Supreme Court to decide whether it was ‘excessive’ to take away $42G Land Rover from drug dealer

Supreme Court seems inclined to ban excessive state fines

Supreme Court Appears Ready To Make It Harder For States To Confiscate Property

Land Rover owner in driver’s seat as U.S. justices fault Indiana

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Owner of Seized Land Rover in Case on Excessive Fines

In Timbs v. Indiana, justices hear case of man whose Land Rover was seized after he sold four grams of heroin Supreme Court Poised to Rule Against Excessive State Fines

Supreme Court appears ready to say excessive fine prohibition applies to states

High court likely to say states can’t levy excessive fines

Forfeit a $42,000 Land Rover for a minor drug offense? Supreme Court appears skeptical of state punishments

Ex-heroin addict goes all the way to the Supreme Court to get back his confiscated Land Rover

Three Upcoming SCOTUS Cases to Watch

Do States Have the Right to Seize Vehicles for Minor Offenses?

The Supreme Court Can Put a Stop to Excessive Fines on Children

Civil forfeiture makes law enforcement lawless. The Supreme Court could change that.

Indiana man wants Supreme Court to help recover his Land Rover

Marion case goes to U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court weighs constitutional case on excessive fines

Supreme Court appears poised to apply ban on excessive fines to states in case of Indiana man

Supreme Court to decide whether taking drug dealer’s Land Rover is ‘excessive’

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He sold drugs and the police seized his car. Does the Constitution provide protection?

Former ‘junkie’ from Marion set to take on state of Indiana in U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS to hear Indiana civil forfeiture case Wednesday

Profitable Penalties Imperil Justice

How an SUV will test the limits of the 8th Amendment, and more cases to watch

Lack of Women Arguing Before Supreme Court Persists

Seized SUV Spurs High Court Look At Forfeiture Boom

This Week, Supreme Court Will Hear an Important Case that Could Help Curb Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Argument preview: Justices to consider whether Eighth Amendment ban on “excessive fines” applies to the states

Parma Heights man settles lawsuit over life savings seized by customs officials at airport

Supreme Court appears ready to say excessive fine prohibition applies to states

Gwinnett sheriff’s forfeiture spending costs taxpayers

Tyson Timbs, former ‘junkie’ from Marion, is namesake of important U.S. Supreme Court case

Civil asset forfeiture really policing for profit

State Supreme Court hears arguments on whether seized forfeiture money should go to schools or police

Indiana Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Civil Forfeiture Case

He lost his truck to civil forfeiture. Soon he’ll be in U.S. Supreme Court trying to get it back

Justices hear challenge to civil forfeiture disbursements

Indiana Supreme Court To Hear Argument In “Policing For Profit” Lawsuit

Truck forfeited from Mandan shooting suspect and co-defendant

On the take in the name of victims

Press Release

New Poll: 76% of Americans More Likely to Vote for Candidates Who Back Forfeiture Reform

SCOTUS schedules Indiana Land Rover civil forfeiture case

4 Big Supreme Court Cases Brett Kavanaugh Will Face This Term

Philadelphia Civil Forfeiture Police Reform

Lawsuit Settlement Looking To Kill Philadelphia’s Severely Abused Forfeiture Program

Must All 50 States Comply with the U.S. Constitution’s Prohibition Against Excessive Fines?

Brett Kavanaugh is presumed innocent: No, that standard is not only for criminal courts

Civil Forfeiture May Be Over In Philly, But Abuses Abound Across America

Hey Texas, let’s stop stealing people’s stuff

Ending Civil Forfeiture In Philadelphia

Jason Huffman and Erica Jedynak: Innocent people vulnerable to civil foreitures

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court set to hear case involving civil forfeiture and the Eighth Amendment

Philadelphia Dismantles Asset Forfeiture Program, Pays Citizens Back

A big win for the little guys

Philly must stop treating people like ATMs. Civil forfeiture overhaul is a good first step

Major decision on ‘perverse’ property seizures

City Forced To Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture And Pay Back Victims The Millions It Stole From Them

Chronicle AM: Trump Plans UN Meeting to Push Drug War, NJ Pot Bill Details Unveiled, More…. (9/19/18)

A Win for Justice

City Forced to Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture and Pay Back Victims the Millions It Stole from Them

Philadelphia Makes Huge Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms, Hands Over $3 Million to Its Victims

Civil asset forfeiture reform: Don’t expect Philly DA and police to stop seizing money anytime soon

Philadelphia agrees to end ‘policing for profit’ civil forfeiture policy

Philadelphia Overhauls Lucrative Civil Forfeiture Practices After 4-Year Legal Battle

Landmark victory for Institute for Justice, which deserves Nobel Peace Prize for its ongoing legal efforts advancing human rights

Philly agrees to overhaul civil forfeiture program to settle lawsuit

Philadelphia’s Forfeiture Landmark

Philadelphia agrees to overhaul property seizure law

Philadelphia reaches settlement, agrees to change civil forfeiture program

Philadelphia eliminating civil forfeiture piggy bank for low-level offenses

Philadelphia Grants Reparations to Victims of Police Civil Asset Forfeiture

Philadelphia Will Dismantle Its Asset Forfeiture Program and Pay $3 Million to Victims

Press Release

After four years of litigation, city agrees to end “policing for profit,” ensure due process and establish $3 million compensation fund for victims of city’s forfeiture practices Institute for Justice Dismantles Philadelphia Forfeiture Machine

Press Release

Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Stack up Against the State In U.S. Supreme Court’s Timbs Excessive Fines Clause Case

Libertas Institute: A Constitution Day reminder: Don’t let government take your stuff

Pacific Legal Foundation asks Supreme Court to give homeowners meaningful protection from excessive fines

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Indiana Civil Forfeiture Case

Megan Ashley Olson v. One 1999 Lexus

Press Release

Indiana Supreme Court Ruled It May Impose Excessive Fines Until the U.S. Supreme Court Says It Can’t IJ Files Merits Brief & Posts Video News Release In Anticipation of Timbs Excessive Fines Clause Case To Be Argued Before the U.S. Supreme Court

Standing Rock prosecutor emphasizes due process in forfeiture laws

Should the Excessive Fines Clause apply against the states?

Police seized $10,000 of a couple’s cash. They couldn’t get it back — until they went public.

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Indiana Civil Forfeiture Case

Home, Assets Tied Up For Years As Family Awaits Forfeiture Process

Federal Judge Calls City’s Asset Forfeiture Program Unconstitutional

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

City Accused of Abusing Civil Forfeiture Program — Federal Judge Delivers a Big Win for Due Process

We shouldn’t need government permission to work

Bipartisan group urges Congress to reform civil asset forfeiture laws

Asset forfeiture creates an unconstitutional profit incentive

Feds keep most of $46,000 seized by NH trooper from Maine man without criminal charges

Editorial: A ND law allowing cops to seize property without a conviction is in need of reform

U.S. officials contest amount of money agents seized from Parma Heights man at airport

Federal Judge Declares New Mexico Car Seizure Program Illegal

Court Decision Striking Down Albuquerque Asset Forfeiture Program Could Help Protect Property Rights Around the Country

Federal Judge Declares Albuquerque’s Vehicle Seizure Program Unconstitutional

Judge Rules Albuquerque Civil Forfeiture Law Unconstitutional, Upholds Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Court Decision Striking Down Albuquerque Asset Forfeiture Program Could Help Protect Property Rights Around the Country

Editorial: For safety’s sake, ABQ must revamp DWI seizures

Federal Judge Breaks Up Albuquerque’s Car Theft Ring

DWI Seizure Program Rules as Unconstitutional

Federal judge finds Albuquerque’s DWI vehicle forfeiture law unconstitutional

Federal Judge: Albuquerque’s Civil Forfeiture Practices Are Unconstitutional

Press Release

Judge finds Albuquerque program forces property owners to bear an unconstitutional burden to prove own innocence and creates an unconstitutional financial incentive to take property. Federal Court Finds Albuquerque’s Civil Forfeiture Program Unconstitutional

Judge tosses out vehicle seizure law

Federal Court Finds Albuquerque’s Civil Forfeiture Program Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Rules That Albuquerque’s Asset Forfeiture Created an Unconstitutional Profit Incentive

Federal judge finds Albuquerque vehicle forfeiture program unconstitutional

Forfeiture law not fair to acquitted

Blog Post

IJ Sends Coalition Letter Urging Civil Forfeiture Floor Amendments to the CJS Appropriations Bill

Future of state forfeiture law called into question

EDITORIAL: Forfeiture abuses continue

DAPL protest defendant’s case highlights civil asset forfeiture in North Dakota

New Mexico agencies fail to report forfeited assets as law requires

Opinion Roundup: Gov. Cooper on Pres. Trump’s tariffs, Affordable Care Act changes, protecting N.C. students and more :: WRAL.com

Congress Demands Justice Department Return Millions “Seized Unfairly” From Taxpayers

US Border Officials Confiscate Family’s $500000 Inheritance

The Justice Department won’t return seized cash to hundreds of taxpayers. Now House Republicans are stepping in.

Civil-Asset Forfeiture Case: Timbs v. Indiana Could End It

Keeping Cops’ Hands Out of Your Pockets

What Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court Could Mean for States’ Rights

Civil forfeiture: Due process misinterpreted

Too many American dreams are stolen by civil asset forfeiture

Down the Rabbit Hole with Civil Asset Forfeiture: NMA E-Newsletter #494

EDITORIAL: U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear civil forfeiture case

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Compliance Hot Spots: New Reality for Corporate Tipsters | ‘Culture Is Collective’ | Lisa Rickard on GC Challenges

What the New Supreme Court Will Decide

Civil forfeiture law needs reform

The 8th Amendment Case Against Civil Asset Forfeiture

Supreme Court Agrees To Take Petition Asking Whether Eighth Amendment Protections Apply To Asset Forfeiture

Indiana excessive fines civil forfeiture case going to SCOTUS

My Point of View: State should reconsider proposed forfeiture law

Justices take jurisdiction from COA in ‘policing for profit’ case

Supreme Court Will Hear Civil Asset Forfeiture Case Next Term

He Sold Drugs for $225. Indiana Took His $42,000 Land Rover.

Supreme Court could limit states’ ability to impose excessive fines

U.S. Supreme Court takes up case with potential to rein in asset forfeiture abuses

Government Calls It Forfeiture, But It’s Theft

Incentives Matter

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Civil Asset Forfeiture Case

Supreme Court to hear property seizure case

US Supreme Court To Consider Car Seizure Constitutionality

The questionable ethics of civil forfeiture

$40,000 fine for $200 drug offense

SCOTUS agrees to hear Indiana civil forfeiture challenge

Supreme Court Will Hear Case on the Excessive Fines Clause that Could End Up Curbing Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Supreme Court Will Decide If Civil Forfeiture Is Unconstitutional, Violates The Eighth Amendment

Press Release

Indiana man requested Supreme Court review after state supreme court held that Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause does not apply in Indiana. Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Whether The 50 States Must Comply with U.S. Constitution’s Excessive Fines Clause

Supreme Court to Consider Case on State Seizure of Property

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Significant New Case About Civil Asset Forfeiture and the Bill of Rights

Supreme Court Will Decide: Does the Excessive Fines Clause Apply to the States?

Justices to Decide if States Can Impose ‘Excessive Fines’

Justices Add Key Cases on Apple’s Antitrust Woes, Asset Forfeiture and Securities Fraud

Supreme Court to decide if excessive fines clause applies to states in seized SUV case

Five new grants, one CVSG, but no Arlene’s Flowers

Supreme Court to consider cases on the seizure of a $40,000 Land Rover, iPhone apps and a moose hunter

Stop California cities’ code-violation rip-off

Hawaii Mismanaged Asset Forfeiture Program, Audit Finds

Auditor: Hawaii AG Mismanaged Asset Seizure Program

CBP Agrees To Hand Back Almost All Of The $58,000 It Stole From A 64-Year-Old Man At A Cleveland Airport

Loosening Marijuana Laws Could Reduce Officer Cash Grabs

Asset forfeiture transparency bill becomes law in New Hampshire, earns praise from advocacy group

US Customs will return $57,330 seized at airport; immigrant says another $770 is due

Press Release

New Hampshire Will Shine a Light on Government Agencies Seizing, Forfeiting Property

Feds Offer to Return $57,330 Seized From Legal Immigrant at Hopkins Airport. He Says They’re Short $770 and He’ll Wait for Trial

EDITORIAL: Another example of civil forfeiture abuse

Press Release

Federal Judge Orders Trial in Ohio Family’s Civil Forfeiture Lawsuit Against Customs

Albanian family to get money back, but a dream is spoiled

Federal government giving back nearly all money seized from Parma Heights man at airport

Civil asset forfeiture is a form of legal theft

Immigrant says US brokers seized life financial savings at airport

‘Hostile’ Border Agents Seize Cleveland Man’s Life Savings of $58K Without Charging Him, Lawyers Say

If We Want Your Money

Court sides with baker who refused same-sex couple’s wedding cake

The Kazazi family saved up for years, but it was all in vain when customs agents seized over $52,000 in cash from Rustem at the airport. Albanian-American Is Suing U.S. Customs For Seizing $58,100 Of Life Savings At Airport

Customs and Border Protection Seizes 64-Year Old Immigrant’s Life Savings in Cleveland

Family Loses $58,100 of Life Savings in US Customs Seizure

La autoridad argumentó que el dinero era producto de un delito, pero ¿por qué no detuvo al dueño? El inmigrante a quien CBP quitó todos sus ahorros cuando decidió salir de EEUU

Feds sued for grabbing US citizen’s life savings after airport strip-search

US customs seizes 64-year-old immigrant’s life savings

Ohio Immigrant Rustem Kazazi Had His Life Savings Seized By Border Patrol — And He Can’t Get It Back

Policing for profit — this cannot be allowed to go unpoliced

Cleveland family suing on claims CBP seized life-savings at airport

Un inmigrante iba a su país con los ahorros de toda la vida, pero se los quitaron en la aduana sin acusarlo de nada

US Customs seizes Ohio family’s life savings at airport

U.S. seizes $58,000 from family trying to help relatives

Feds seize 64-year-old man’s life savings — and refuse to return it even after not charging him with a crime

Immigrant family had $58,000 life savings taken from them by customs

The Kazazi Family

Press Release

U.S. Government Seizes Life Savings from Ohio Family, Triggers Lawsuit Challenging Civil Forfeiture

Lawsuit

U.S. Customs & Border Protection Unlawfully Seizes Cleveland Family’s Life Savings, Won’t Give It Back Cleveland Forfeiture

TSA and Border Patrol stole his life savings but never charged him with a crime

American Brazenly Robbed of $58,100 Life Savings by Federal Agents at Cleveland Airport

Border Patrol Seized 64-Year-Old Immigrant’s Life Savings without Cause

A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on. U.S. Customs took it without charging him with a crime.

Iowa Supreme Court Rules Civil Forfeiture Laws Violate Fifth Amendment, Upholds Pleading The Fifth

Press Release

Customs Finally Returns Money to Texas Nurse, Class Action Over Civil Forfeiture Practices Continues

Press Release

Question at Heart of This Case: Must All 50 States Comply with U.S. Constitution’s Bar on Excessive Fines? Supreme Court Will Soon Consider Whether to Accept Excessive Fines Case

Katy woman has $41K returned to her by border authorities

US returns $41,000 seized from Texas nurse who planned to open clinic

Iowa Supreme Court ruling spells more trouble for state’s controversial forfeiture policy

Nurse Who Saved Up for Clinic Loses $41,377 to US Customs

Nurse who saved for Africa clinic left in limbo after US Customs seized $41,377

Tennessee will require law enforcement to report forfeiture spending

Press Release

Tennessee Will Require Law Enforcement to Report Their Forfeiture Spending

Civil asset forfeiture and the Alabama attorney general race

These People Lost Everything to Big Government

As crypto markets rise, cops get rich off seized bitcoin

Customs Agents Seize Cash Nurse Had Saved To Build Medical Clinic, Never Charged Her With A Crime

Texas nurse sues feds to get her cash back

CBP Sued For Seizing $41,000 From Airline Passenger, Then Refusing To Give It Back Unless She Promised Not To Sue

U.S. Customs Agents Wrongfully Seized Nurse’s Money, Class Action Says

Entablan una demanda colectiva contra el gobierno de EEUU por decomisos al momento de salir del país

Customs and Border Protection seizes $41,000 from nurse at airport

Customs agents took more than $40k from Texas nurse, won’t give it back unless she does this

Texas Town in Trouble for Spending Money Seized from Citizens on Trips, Non-Police Business

Customs Agents Steal Money a Nurse Saved to Build a Medical Clinic in Nigeria

Institute For Justice files lawsuit against FDA to fight federally required ‘imitation’ label on all-natural skim milk

She saved thousands to open a medical clinic in Nigeria. U.S. Customs took all of it at the airport.

Border Patrol Refuses to Return $41K Seized from Texas Woman Unless She Promises Not to Sue Them

Border Patrol Refuses To Return $41,000 Seized From Texas Nurse Who Saved Money To Open Medical Clinic

Porter: Restoring personal, economic freedoms

The US government kept me from building clinic in Nigeria

Border Patrol Sued in $41,000 Civil-Forfeiture Case

Katy woman sues after $41K seized at airport, never returned

How Alabama lawmakers swung and missed on civil asset forfeiture

Institute for Justice asks Supreme Court to take civil forfeiture appeal

Press Release

Forfeiture Victims Appeal “Policing for Profit” to Indiana Supreme Court

Talking Points: Did you see what they said?

Nurse Says Customs Agents Took Money for Nigerian Clinic

Albuquerque needs to stop violating state civil forfeiture rule

Nurse Boarding Houston Flight Had $41,000 Confiscated

The government took $41,000 from this Texan at a Houston airport six months ago. They never gave it back.

Press Release

Texas Nurse Files Class Action Against Customs and Border Protection Over Civil Forfeiture Practices

Anthonia Nwaorie

Lawsuit

Nurse Files Class Action Challenging CBP’s Abusive Civil Forfeiture Practices Houston Forfeiture

Court to see if DA has met transparency requirements

Forfeiting our property rights

Seizing People’s Stuff Is Trump’s Favorite Tool in the War on Drugs

Above the Law

Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs

Three Years After New Mexico Banned Civil Forfeiture, Albuquerque Finally Ends It

Keller administration to review pending forfeiture lawsuits against the city

Virginia Law Requires Strict Asset Forfeiture Reporting; First Step Toward Reform

The movie version of “Little Pink House” premieres Sunday at the Garde

Congress Whiffs on Curbing Civil Forfeiture

Civil Asset Forfeiture—Why should we care?

It’s official: Pawlenty joins race for governor

In Wisconsin, authorities now have to convict you of a crime before they can take your cash

State legislatures keep churning out civil forfeiture reforms

Troubled by Highway Seizures, Kansas Enacts Asset Forfeiture Transparency

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Records Reveal Forfeiture Funds Spent on Salaries, Troop Headquarters New Kansas Law Will Shine a Light on Civil Forfeiture

Grand theft auto — by the U.S. government

Press Release

Wisconsin Becomes 15th State to Require Criminal Convictions to Forfeit Property, Under Flawed New Law

Congress should stop ‘policing for profit’

Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs

Congress Killed Efforts To Undo Sessions’s Civil Forfeiture Expansion, Despite Unanimous House Votes

Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs

NMA Driving News Weekly Roundup for March 23, 2018

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More Than Half The Country Has Now Passed Forfeiture Reform Idaho Governor Approves New Safeguards Against Civil Forfeiture

Press Release

Legislation Would Also Counter Federal Forfeiture Program Revived by Attorney General Jeff Sessions New Bill Would Abolish Civil Forfeiture in Minnesota

Civil asset forfeiture reform should be the legislature’s top priority

Citing Vox story, Wyoming bans practice that police used to take innocent man’s $91,800

State bans waivers used to seize cash, assets on highways

Not wearing seat belt prompts cops to seize $92,000

Press Release

New Law Was Prompted by IJ Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Tactic Wyoming Bans Roadside Waivers Used to Seize Cash on Highways

Alabama’s civil asset forfeiture reform effort takes a turn towards creating a public database on property seizures – Yellowhammer News

Alabama civil asset forfeiture reform calls for transparency

County looking to buy three more cameras with asset forfeiture funds

Judge rules disbursement of civil forfeiture proceeds constitutional

It’s time to fix the problems of civil forfeiture

Press Release

Idaho Forfeiture Reform Heads to Governor’s Office

Are The ‘For The People’ Cases Real? Shonda Rhimes’ Shows Have Pulled Inspiration From Real Life Before

Asset forfeiture: Rap albums and hard-earned cash are the government’s ‘little goodies’

Chief justice warns judges against having fines on ‘automatic pilot’

Connecticut Passes Law Banning Civil Forfeiture Without Criminal Conviction

California FBI Specialist Pleaded Guilty To Embezzling $160,000

Johnston: Laws allowing law enforcement to seize property infringe on civil rights

Alabama One Step Closer To Limiting Civil Forfeiture – But It May Not Matter

Civil asset forfeiture reform is sweeping the nation

Civil and Criminal Asset Forfeiture Attacked on Grounds of “Excessive Fines”

“I felt powerless:” Law enforcement took $92K from Wisconsin man in traffic stop

House bill would reduce training hours for barbers, beauticians

Will the feds bungle billions?

$40,000 fine for small offense is cops’ new ‘weapon of mass destruction’

Civil forfeiture reform passes General Assembly

House editorial: Some good news in Legislative progress ? and some not so good news

Seizure funds may infuse Vidor PD with cash

Idaho House Unanimously Votes To Slash Civil Forfeiture — Again

House committee gives civil forfeiture bill unanimous support

WV house committee axes bill to stop law enforcement property forfeitures

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions props up asset forfeiture program in address to sheriffs

Alabama Political Reporter

Sheriff’s Op-Ed Begs Alabama To Keep Civil Asset Forfeiture

Should government be run like a business?

Liberals didn’t write Alabama’s civil asset forfeiture reform bill

Alabama Conservatives Introduce Measures to Protect Property Rights, Leading to Backlash from DAs and Sheriffs

Jeff Sessions Props Up Civil Forfeiture Program In Address To US Sheriffs

State lawmakers eye forfeiture reform

Civil forfeiture reform advances, but concerns remain

Indiana one step closer to forfeiture reform

Illinois Cops Confiscate $128,000 In Single Forfeiture Stop With No Criminal Charges

Three Years Ago, D.C. Passed Strong Transparency Laws For Asset Forfeiture. Nothing Happened.

Can State Governments Impose “Excessive Fines,” Treat Citizens Like Walking ATMs? Indiana Says Yes

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Indiana Supreme Court Ruled It May Impose Excessive Fines in Forfeiture Cases Until the U.S. Supreme Court Says It Can't Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court Asks If All 50 States Must Comply with U.S. Constitution’s Excessive Fines Clause

Press Release

Indiana Senate Passes Constitutionally Dubious Scheme to Let Police Profit from Civil Forfeiture

Lawsuit

There ARE Limits: IJ Takes Excessive Fines Case to the U.S. Supreme Court Timbs v. Indiana

Washington Committee Passes Bill to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws; First Step to Address Federal Loophole

Orr bill would reform civil forfeiture

Senate committee advances civil forfeiture bill

Why Alabama should reform civil asset forfeiture laws

EDITORIAL: A welcome proposal to reform forfeiture laws

A welcome proposal to reform forfeiture laws

New Alabama Bill Would Abolish Civil Forfeiture, Require Convictions To Confiscate Property

Press Release

Legislation Would Also Counter Federal Forfeiture Program Revived by Attorney General Jeff Sessions New Bill in Alabama Would End Civil Forfeiture Once and For All

Here in Alabama, the government can legally take your stuff (AND NOT GIVE IT BACK)

Alabama Raked in $2.2 Million in Civil Asset Forfeiture in 2015

The burden of proof should be on the state

Right-Wing Report: Undocumented Immigrants Filling Prisons

Bipartisan Bills In Congress Would Defund Federal Civil Forfeiture, DEA Marijuana Seizures

Traverse City man looks forward after forfeiture suit dismissed

Troy N. Miller: Could civil asset forfeiture violate 1st Amendment?

Blog Post

Michigan Man Cleared of Wrongdoing, Still Fighting Civil Forfeiture Years Later

State Steals Life-Savings from Innocent Musician

How Cops Could Cash in on Legal Weed in California

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Georgia Bill Could Limit Civil Forfeiture to Convicted Criminals

Cómo la policía de Wyoming despojó de 92.000 dólares a un inocente que solo cometió una infracción menor de tránsito

U.S. Justice Department taps prosecutor to oversee asset forfeiture program

Wyoming Lawmakers Line Up Against Police Waiver Used To Take $92,000 At Traffic Stop

Wyoming Lawmakers Line Up Against Police Waiver Used To Take $92,000 At Traffic Stop

Police Confiscate $92,000 At Traffic Stop, Judge Orders Return

Another Ugly Civil Asset Forfeiture Tactic — Highway Stop ‘Waivers’

Musician Wins Return of $91,800 He Supposedly Gave Wyoming Cops

Judge Hands Back $92,000 Taken From Musician By Cops For Failing To Buckle His Seatbelt

Judge orders Wyoming to return $92,000 seized by officers

Cops Steal $91,800 From a Musician, Claiming He Gave It to Them

Wyoming police took an innocent man’s $91,800. After a Vox report, he will get it back.

Blog Post

Forfeiture Reform Bill Filed After DA Paid Millions in Bonuses Using Forfeiture Funds

“It’s been complete hell”: how police used a traffic stop to take $91,800 from an innocent man

Lawsuit

Wyoming law enforcement pressures drivers to sign a form “giving” their cash to law enforcement agencies and waiving any right to court proceedings. Wyoming Forfeiture

EDITORIAL: Forfeiture proceeds too often become law enforcement slush funds

Congress Should Protect Americans from Unjust Property Seizure

New York Prosecutors Gave Themselves $3.2 Million in Bonuses With Asset Forfeiture Funds

Bipartisanship to curb civil asset forfeiture and marijuana crackdowns

Udall Urges Protection of New Mexicans’ Right to Due Process, Opposes Civil Asset Forfeiture

Using civil forfeiture, the government takes money from innocent people, gives some to deserving victims and keeps the bulk of the cash for itself. Carlo Ponzi Would Have Loved Civil Asset Forfeiture

Tiny Alabama Speed Trap Seizes Cash, Impounds Cars To Fund Police

How many seized vehicles were improperly taken?

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(Spoiler Warning) IJ Case Inspires How To Get Away With Murder Episode

Asset forfeiture: inherently abusive, and awful in Alabama

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Forfeiture is Peachy in Georgia

Diverse groups hold forum on civil asset forfeiture

District attorney candidates vie for DA seat in final debate before election

Class action suit goes after US Customs and Border Patrol for seizing automobiles without giving motorists a hearing before a judge. Motorist Sues After Feds Seize Truck Over Five Bullets

An Alabama speed trap out of control

Supreme Court’s Cell Phone Tracking Case Could Hurt Privacy

Man Loses Truck For Two Years Over A Few Bullets; Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuses Rage On

Blog Post

Suffolk County DA Used Forfeiture Funds for Bonuses Without County Approval

‘Police just f*cked my life’: Shop owner still fighting for seized goods 7 years after charge dropped

ABA supports bill addressing due-process concerns in civil asset forfeiture cases

Court case a stand for property rights

Victim of civil asset forfeiture: “The police just f**ked my life”

Civil asset forfeiture must be curtailed

Kentucky man gets pickup back, two years after agents seized it at the border

Federal Judge Strikes Down New York City’s Dragnet That Seized Thousands Of Cars Without Warrants

Petula Dvorak: The IRS took $59,000 and a whole lot more from Oh Suk Kwon

“The Police Just F**ked My Life” – Alabamians Outraged As Civil Asset Forfeitures Soar

Criminal charges are absent from 85 percent of all forfeiture cases in the city. NYPD is one delete button away from losing its civil forfeiture records

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IJ and Gerardo Serrano Vow to Press On With Lawsuit Challenging Federal Forfeiture Program Feds Capitulate and Return Seized Truck

Guns head the list of pending seized property by the Bureau of Narcotics

In the United States, we have this thing called the Civil Asset Forfeiture Program. Basically, law enforcement can confiscate your property. DOJ Creates Internal Watchdog for Civil Asset Forfeiture Program

After Stalling for Two Years, CBP Returns Truck It Stole at the Border

Customs took his truck without charging him with a crime. Two years later, he’s finally getting it back.

Alabama Police Use Asset Forfeiture to Ruin an Innocent Small Business Owner

When the police keep your stuff: Alabamians lose property to controversial practices

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IJ Statement Responding to AG Sessions’ Civil Forfeiture Oversight Announcement

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Pennsylvania District Attorney Campaigns with Civil Forfeiture Proceeds Law & Forfeiture

The IRS Stole $59,000 From an Innocent Veteran; Years Later, They Still Won’t Return It

Albuquerque’s DWI vehicle seizures plummet

Jeff Sessions creates new watchdog to oversee Justice Department forfeiture program

Sessions announces new position to police asset forfeiture

Leaked Handbook Reveals How ICE Uses Civil Forfeiture To Seize Millions

The travesty of state-sanctioned theft

The IRS seized $59,000 from a gas station owner. They still refuse to give it back.

Coalition Urges Congress to Adopt Civil Forfeiture Amendments

The Persecution of James Slatic and His Family Drags On

Bipartisan coalition wants Congress to adopt amendments blocking Jeff Sessions’ civil forfeiture expansion

Amendment aims to end some federal civil forfeitures

Virginia ripe for asset-forfeiture reform, advocates say

Police offer $500 rewards for tips on drugs dealers amid overdose spike

We must right the wrongs committed through civil forfeiture process

Incentives for neighbors to turn on each other. Incentives for police to find reasons to seize people’s stuff and keep it. Michigan Mayor Offers Seized Money as a Citizen Reward for Drug Snitching. What Could Go Wrong?

Out-of-state drivers still targeted

The anti-marijuana San Diego prosecutor’s office is out of control.

Public Corruption Probe: PC Supervisor wants to temporarily stop all RICO spending

Senator Blasts Asset Forfeiture “Slush Fund” US Marshals Used for Granite Countertops, Salaries

Federal Judge Says Indiana’s Vehicle Forfeiture Laws Are Unconstitutional

Lawmakers To Take Closer Look At Program That Gave DPD A Tesla

Kentucky man sues after law enforcement seizes his car without a charge

Ives cheers Towne indictment, hopes Mautino is next

Donnelly seeks seized money despite no arrests

Judicial Council committee mulls avenues to improving Kansas’ asset forfeiture system

Man used his cellphone to help him rob bank

The Secret Slush Funds of Asset Forfeiture

The forfeiture scheme

Has asset forfeiture gone too far? Truck seizure case sparks outrage, a call for change

Don’t forfeit due process for asset seizures

Uncovering Philly law enforcement’s secret bank accounts

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Bill Will Protect Innocent Owners, Add New Disclosure Requirements With Governor’s Signature, Illinois Now the 25th State to Pass Civil Forfeiture Reform

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No Bonuses for Forfeiture Abuse

House passes federal asset forfeiture reform bill

Lawmakers are finding creative ways to shut down Trump administration’s asset forfeiture program

A Violation of Trust? 9OYS probe into PC Attorney’s Office spending of public funds

How the government can steal your stuff: 6 questions about civil asset forfeiture answered

A victory in Congress against the revived civil asset-forfeiture program. Reining in Mr. Sessions

Man fought forfeiture seizure of computer

When cops commit armed robbery

Federal asset forfeiture limits would affect N.C. more than other states

Conservatives, Reporters, Farmers Back Robber at Supreme Court

Congress should take bold steps to keep feds out of local law enforcement

Border Agents Seized American Citizen’s Truck, Never Charged Him With A Crime

How the government seizes your property just because it can

House Votes to Defund Sessions’ Asset Forfeiture Expansion

Feds sued over truck they seized two years ago

House Approves Amendments To Block Civil Asset Forfeiture

2 Years After CBP Took His Truck Because of a Few Forgotten Bullets, Still No Hearing

House Rejects Sessions Order Giving Cops More Power To Take Innocent People’s Stuff

Customs agents seized a lawful gun owner’s truck over five bullets. Now he’s suing to get it back.

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Federal Agents Seized A Man’s Truck Over Five Forgotten Bullets. They Said He was Transporting “Munitions of War.” Now, After Having to Wait Two Years, He Is Suing To Get Back His Truck. Eagle Pass Forfeiture

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U.S. Border Protection Agency Has Kept Innocent Man’s Truck for Two Years Without Ever Charging Him With a Crime Civil Forfeiture Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Unchecked Power To Seize and Keep Property Indefinitely

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House Defunds Attorney General’s Expansion of Civil Forfeiture

Letter: Cut Taxes, Rein in The IRS

How much cash can police seize from citizens in California?

House Defunds Attorney General’s Expansion Civil Forfeiture

House Approves Amendments to Block Sessions’ Asset Forfeiture Directive

When bad guys get caught, N.J. rakes in the cash

EDITORIAL: House unanimously passes measure to limit IRS forfeiture abuses

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Tennessee Agency Used Over $110,000 in Asset Forfeiture to Pay for Catering, Banquet Tickets

Let’s agree to agree: Here are ‘no-brainer’ bills that can bridge the divide in Congress

Cops can take and keep your stuff, even if you’re not convicted. A Dover man fought back.

House Passes Bill Targeting IRS Asset Seizure Program

US Bill Would Limit IRS Asset Seizures

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House Unanimously Passes Bill to Curb Civil Forfeiture by the IRS 

Congress is finally working to defund civil asset forfeiture

Federal Judge Rules Indiana Seizing Cars With Civil Forfeiture Is Unconstitutional

Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day

Jeff Sessions Is Bringing Back Civil Forfeiture with a Bang

In spite of reform efforts, Minnesota law enforcement’s use of civil asset forfeiture hasn’t gone down

Will the New War on Drugs Target Crime Bosses or the Poor?

Under civil forfeiture, law enforcement can confiscate private property without ever filing criminal charges. Jeff Sessions’ new forfeiture order threatens property rights

Roskam wants to change law used to convict Hastert

Indianapolis Cops Violated the Constitution by Holding Cars for Six Months Without Filing Forfeiture Paperwork

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Indiana Considers Limits on Policing for Profit

Editorial: Sessions should end this government cash grab

Forfeiture: Proceeds Of Criminal Activity Pays Law Enforcement Costs

24 States Have Reformed Civil Forfeiture Laws in 3 Years

Will Feds Seize ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli’s $2-Million Wu-Tang Clan CD?

Report Urges Police Transparency on Forfeiture Funds

US should follow Nebraska’s lead on civil asset forfeiture

Civil Asset Forfeiture Seems to Target Poor Black and Brown People. Why Is That?

New Arizona Law Takes on State, Federal Asset Forfeiture

Conservative groups, lawmakers unite to end civil asset forfeiture

Sessions Authorizes Civil Asset Forfeiture

Nevada report: Civil asset forfeiture targets low-income minorities

Law enforcement predicts seizures won’t be curbed by new reforms

Despite DOJ loophole, police seizure revenue falls drastically

Trump will decide fate of Susan Collins’ effort to combat Rx price gouging

New Justice Department policy could mean more property seizures by police

Rand Paul Rages “Civil Asset Forfeiture Turns The American Justice System On Its Head”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions should not revive civil asset forfeiture

Sessions directive encourages Maine law enforcement to seize property without charges

What is Behind the Doctrine of “Guilty Property” in civil forfeiture law?

Minorities a prime target of Las Vegas police seizures, report finds

Americans have grown far too comfortable with government intrusion. We Have Become Despots

Criminal justice on a hunch

Rand Paul: Civil asset forfeiture turns the American justice system on its head

Let’s stop policing for profit

Attorney General Sessions is wrong on civil-asset forfeiture. (No) Crime and Punishment

Kamala Harris Is Being Aggressively Manufactured For 2020 By Wealthy Clinton Donors

States With Worst Forfeiture Laws

Weaponizing US Courts Against North Korean Proliferators

Seized property: Arnolds Park case still has national impact

How Civil Asset Forfeiture Reduces Economic Mobility

Do Not Help U.S. Cops Seize Your Assets

Strengthening US police to seize cash, cars poses threat to migrants, poor: critics

‘Adoptive forfeitures,’ ‘equitable sharing,’ and seizing people’s stuff

State forfeiture laws must be changed

North Dakota among the worst in civil forfeiture, experts say

Changes to Pennsylvania and Philly’s forfeiture rules too weak

Fix flawed forfeiture laws

Federal order could hinder new state restrictions on civil asset forfeiture, groups worry

Jeff Sessions: Police Are Seizing Billions From Innocents

The War On Freedom, Part 1

How Nebraska and New Mexico banned civil forfeiture.

Why A Report Gave Mass. An ‘F’ Grade For Its Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

Commentary: Police should not seize property without a conviction

DOJ directive creates civil forfeiture loophole

A legal fight over New York City dog-sitters highlights a bigger problem in America

Philly Will No Longer Seize Property to Fund Cops

Why civil asset forfeiture simply won’t die

A baffling policy makes a hypocritical comeback

LISTEN: DAN ALBAN of the Institute for Justice joins Mornings on the Mall to discuss civil asset forfeiture

Philadelphia offers to reform use of forfeiture funds, but critics say that’s not enough — NewsWorks

Government’s ability to seize your property grows under Trump

Reining in Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Cops and Robbers, All Rolled Into One

Crooked Cops Need Tighter Restrictions, Not Financial Incentives to Invent Crimes

Trump Just Resurrected the Ugly Practice Known as Civil Forfeiture for No Reason

Jeff Sessions just made it easier for cops to take your stuff

Protect property by curtailing civil asset forfeiture

Now That Jeff Sessions is Under Legal Scrutiny, It’s Time To Start Seizing His Assets

Jeff Sessions wants to more aggressively use civil forfeiture

Trump’s Justice Department Can Now Seize Your Property

Jeff Sessions just made it easier for police to take your money — and buy luxury cars with it

As Justice Department Ramps Up Fight Against Violent and Drug Crime, Property Owners Put at Risk

Critics Left & Right Blast Session’s Call For Asset Seizure

City offers to end use of forfeiture funds for law enforcement

Jeff Sessions Wants The Cops To Steal Your Stuff!

The attorney general's decision this week to expand a controversial program that allows police to seize people's assets without charging them with a crime runs into conservative principles about property and states' rights. Why there’s a growing rift in GOP over law and order

Police Deserve Support — and Accountability

The Trump Administration Just Made It Easier For The Police To Seize Your Property

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Coalition Calls on Congress to Quickly Pass Civil Forfeiture Reform

Police have green light to seize cash, property

Civil Asset Forfeiture Skyrocketed Under Obama

California legal protections could be tested as Sessions expands civil asset forfeiture

US steps up use of civil asset forfeiture, which is illegal in NC

No conviction, no problem? Critics concerned by Sessions’ civil forfeiture directive

We Need Civil Gun Forfeiture « CBS Philly

AG Jeff Sessions’ stirs a hornets’ nest with expansion of civil asset forfeiture

Everybody hates civil forfeiture. So why does Jeff Sessions love it?

Jeff Sessions’ attack on federalism and property rights

Jeff Sessions is helping the police to take your stuff away

Giving law enforcement a licence—and incentive—to steal. The Other Sessions Issue

Sessions Changes Obama Policy, Will Increase Civil Asset Forfeiture

Trump’s Justice Department Just Made It Easier For Cops To Take People’s Stuff

Sessions Changes Asset Forfeiture Policy, Which Is Not Chill

Trump administration wants to rollback controversial civil forfeiture laws

The Trump Administration Just Made it Easier for Law Enforcement to Take Your Property – Mother Jones

The Feds Just Expanded Civil Asset Forfeiture ‘Laws’ Nationwide

Sessions Says Authorities ‘Need to Be Careful’ About Taking Away Cars and Homes After Easing Forfeiture

Sessions Re-ups Asset Forfeiture Program

Sessions Announces New Federal Guidelines on Controversial Asset Forfeiture Practice

Sessions calls for more police property seizures

Jeff Sessions’ expanded civil asset forfeiture policy is even being blasted by conservatives

Justice Department Rolls Out New Policy to Seize More Money Under Asset Forfeiture

Sessions’ New Order Lets Police Circumvent State Laws on Civil Asset Forfeiture

Rare bipartisan agreement: Jeff Sessions’ latest anti-crime measure is an overreach of federal power

The new DOJ guidelines on asset forfeiture are obscene

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Statement Responding to DOJ’s Announced Policy Change Increasing Use of Civil Forfeiture Civil Forfeiture Is Inherently Abusive

Sessions revives forfeiture program

Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions revives controversial practice of police seizing suspects’ assets

Jeff Sessions Treads on the Property Rights of Americans

Justice Department Reinstates Controversial Policy On Civil Asset Forfeiture

Jeff Sessions Backs Civil-Asset Forfeiture to Bipartisan Criticism

Critics Condemn Sessions’ New Order Allowing Feds To Help Local Authorities Seize Assets

Pa. civil forfeiture reform doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens

Critics say there are few protections against unjust seizures. Sessions Says Authorities ‘Need to Be Careful’ About Taking Away Cars and Homes After Easing Forfeiture

Sessions Opens Door to Feds Taking Assets Seized by Local Authorities

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Order Increase in Asset Seizures

AG Sessions Prepares New Asset Forfeiture Policy for Criminals

Reaction Mixed to Sessions’ Call for More Asset Forfeitures

Sessions calls for more police property seizures

Jeff Sessions Wants DOJ to Increase Forfeitures

Jeff Sessions Wants More Asset Forfeiture — Especially in Drug Cases

Under Sessions’ Plan, Government Will Seize More People’s Property

US Restoring Asset Seizures _ With Safeguards

Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to ramp up asset forfeiture, where police take stuff from citizens

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Statement Responding To Attorney General’s Plans to “Increase Forfeitures”

Justice Department doubles down on unpopular anti-crime strategy “It leads to widespread abuse”

Wrong way, Jeff

Prosecutor Can’t Create Drug Squad To Seize Cash From Innocent Drivers, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

Jeff Sessions says new asset forfeiture rules coming this week

“No criminal should be allowed to keep the proceeds of their crime,” Sessions says of law that lets police take cash without charging anyone with a crime. Jeff Sessions Announces Justice Department Will Increase Asset Forfeiture

The US Justice Department is embracing a terrible anti-crime tactic that only cops like

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing to ramp up asset forfeiture

Authorities in Utah Seized Nearly $3 Million in Cash and Assets From Citizens Last Year

EDITORIAL: Reform would help end abuses under so-called ‘structuring’ laws

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Named for IJ clients, the act is a welcome first step for forfeiture reform To Restrain Civil Forfeiture by the IRS, House Advances Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act

House Panel Passes Bill to Stop Illegal IRS Seizures

Secretive lobbying group heads to Denver next week. Here’s what you need to know

“Civil forfeiture is one of the most serious assaults on Americans’ private property rights.” Connecticut Bans Civil Forfeiture Without Criminal Conviction

Portland homeless shelter among buildings FBI seeking to seize — Portland — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Connecticut to Require Convictions Before Trying to Seize and Keep People’s Property

Connecticut Just Banned Civil Forfeiture Without A Criminal Conviction

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Connecticut Now Requires a Criminal Conviction for Civil Forfeiture

IRS ‘wipes out’ elderly couple’s dress shop, sells everything — and the details are infuriating

FBI Seized Homes, Cars, Watches as Part of Gambling Probe But No Charges Filed?

FBI seizes nearly $849,000 in series of Portland raids allegedly tied to illegal gambling

IRS shuts down mom and pop dressmaker, sells dresses within hours

The Government Can Seize Anything, Including A Skyscraper!

This Massachusetts Lawmaker Wants to Throw Folks in Prison for Having Secret Car Compartments

EDITORIAL: IRS abuses under the Bank Secrecy Act

BPD eyes online vendor to sell unclaimed evidence

Finish the reform of policing for profit

Legalized Marijuana Means Fewer Traffic Searches

Illinois Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform

Four States Advance Against The Evils Of Civil Asset Forfeiture, But The Feds Do Nothing

Stop ‘policing for profit’

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Illinois Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Protect the Innocent from Civil Forfeiture

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D.C. Circuit Court Pushes Back Against Forfeiture Federal Government Sues “Pile of Cash”

Property forfeitures to law enforcement are growing

Pennsylvania Assembly Calls For Annual Audits of Everything Cops Seize

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Cash Seizure in Nevada Violated the Fourth Amendment

Oversight lacking in multiple embezzlement cases

Family speaks out about civil asset forfeiture; Governor calls for taskforce after signing bill

PA supreme court: was illegal to steal elderly woman’s home because her son sold $140 of weed

Chicago civil asset forfeiture hits poor people the hardest

New Colorado Law Takes On Federal Asset Forfeiture Loophole

Colorado’s Tough New Forfeiture Law Provides Real Police Oversight, Transparency

Here’s a map of 23,000 times over the past five years that police in Cook County seized property and cash. Poor Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Asset Forfeiture in Chicago, Data Shows

National forfeiture foe says ‘Colorado now has the best laws in the nation’

Drug squads snag $4 billion using asset forfeiture. The DEA’s Warrantless Cash Grab

Money, property and drugs: Do controversial civil asset forfeiture laws need reform in South Carolina?

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New Law Also Closes Federal Forfeiture Loophole With Governor’s Signature, Colorado Now Leads the Nation for Seizure and Forfeiture Transparency

Justice unanimously rule government overstepped its bounds in civil forfeiture case

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Connecticut Senate Unanimously Passes Conviction Requirement for Civil Forfeiture, Sends Bill to Governor

Supreme Court Starts to Set Limits on Govt’s Power to Seize Property

Konni Burton has emerged as the state's fiercest opponent of civil asset forfeiture. Meet the Texas Lawmaker Fighting Trump on Civil Asset Forfeiture

Supreme Court Begins To Question Government’s Broad Power To Seize Property

Colorado Takes On ‘Highway Robbery’ (By Police)

Hostility Growing To Asset Forfeiture On Supreme Court

DA taking more cash, guns and other assets from suspected criminals

Grandmother Gets House Back After Civil Forfeiture Case

Grandmother Who Lost Her Home Because Her Son Sold Marijuana Wins Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case

Court to Grandma: You Shouldn’t Lose Your House Just Because Your Dumb Son Sold Some Weed There

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Judge Calls Out NYPD’s Deceptive Forfeiture Record Keeping

San Diego D.A. Files Charges Against Marijuana Entrepreneur 16 Months After Seizing His Money

DA files charges against medical pot business owner

Cross: IJ’s Scott Bullock, So They Can’t Take Your Home

No conviction necessary to confiscate personal property

Through civil asset forfeiture police are stealing from citizens

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Connecticut House Unanimously Approves Conviction Requirement for Civil Forfeiture

EDITORIAL: Federal statutes, forfeiture laws, make it more complicated for states that legalize marijuana

Ronald Fraser: How Vermont Cops Prey on Private Property

9 Investigates: Feds step up property grab tactic to tackle crime in Charlotte

Civil asset forfeiture battle pits bipartisan coalition against police unions — and the White House

I went canvassing with with ex-convicts that are trying to make their case for criminal justice reform. The ACLU’s Radical Plan to Fight Jeff Sessions

Iowa’s ‘shameful’ forfeiture law improved but still broken, advocates warn

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Forfeiture Reform Hits the Battleground States

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Bill Sent to Governor Would Also Close Lucrative Loophole Colorado Poised to Become National Leader in Forfeiture Transparency

Iowa becomes latest state to tackle asset forfeiture laws, but still has a long way to go

Bonnie Dumanis, San Diego DA, To Return $100,000 To Medical Marijuana Business Man After Failing To Press Charges

DA won’t challenge judge’s order to return cash seized after medical-pot raid

Victory: Judge Orders San Diego DA to Return Life Savings to Civil Asset Forfeiture Victims

Trump, Clinton Voters Find Common Ground On Dislike Of Asset Forfeiture, Poll Shows

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Iowa Governor Signs New Conviction Requirement for Civil Forfeiture

San Diego County District Attorney’s Office Ordered to Return Seized Money in Medical Marijuana Raid

Civil asset forfeiture limits signed into law

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Forfeiture Victory: Judge Orders San Diego DA to Return the Slatic Family’s Life Savings

The San Diego D.A. seized this family’s bank accounts, accused them of money laundering, and kept their cash for 15 months without charging them with a crime. Judge Orders San Diego D.A. to Return $100K it Seized from Family of Marijuana Business Owner

DA ordered to return money to medical marijuana distributor and family

Police seized more than $100,000 thanks to a tool known as civil asset forfeiture. Marijuana Business Owner Gets Money Back 15 Months After Cops Took It Without Charges

Scotus rejects guilty until proven innocent

Thursday round-up

The Maui Police Dept. bought crime-fighting ice machines with asset forfeiture funds

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Colorado House Approves Bill to Shine a Light on Police Seizures, Close Lucrative Loophole

How Pennsylvania Cops Prey on Private Property

Showdown looms between Congress, police over civil asset forfeiture

Supreme Court Rejects Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Says States Cannot Keep Money From The Innocent

Opinion: How Louisiana cops prey on private property

Policing for profit

COMMENTARY: Insider stops forfeiture reform in Carson City

Oklahoma State Rep. Cleveland proposes using seized money to fund Trump’s border wall

Or one four-thousandth of it, at least. Oklahoma MAGA-man has a plan to save Trump’s border wall

Clive McFarlane: Material gains raise stakes in crime fighting

Suspect practice of civil asset forfeiture

COMMENTARY: How Delaware preys on your private property – Delaware State News

GOP Lawmaker Wants To Pay For Trump’s Wall With Cash Taken From Innocent People

MBN braces to start tracking all forfeitures in state

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IJ and Sen. Rand Paul: Congress Must Pass Forfeiture Reform

Could this Supreme Court ruling get rid of civil asset forfeiture?

If making people prove their innocence to get their property back violates due process, what about civil forfeiture? SCOTUS Says States Have No Right to Money Taken Based on Overturned Convictions

Sen. Paul, Scott Bullock: Civil forfeiture has ruined countless lives. It’s long overdue for reform

Law enforcement agencies fight civil forfeiture in state legislature

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Today’s Decision In Nelson v. Colorado Will Have Important Implications for Civil Forfeiture Laws. Supreme Court Upholds Principle Of “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”

Roskam bill seeks to restrict IRS’ ability to freeze assets

It’s time to end civil asset forfeiture

Investigation Reveals IRS Forfeits Totally Legal Money

HB 1313 would shine a light on Colorado law enforcement agencies’ asset forfeiture practices Following the money trail when police seize suspects’ property

Our View: Cheers and Jeers

NYC IRS Agents Seized Millions In Legally Made Money From 2012 To 2015

The IRS deliberately targeted innocents for civil forfeiture program that stole millions from Americans

'Takes the presumption of innocence and it turns it on its head' 9 Out of 10 IRS Asset Seizures Fleece Innocent Taxpayers

Libertarian law firm says Otter wrong on asset forfeiture

Forfeiture Rules Tightened in Arizona

Higher threshold required to trigger civil asset forfeiture in bill signed by governor. Arizona Makes It Tougher for Police to Seize People’s Money and Stuff for Themselves

Gov. Butch Otter says cops never abuse asset forfeiture, but there’s no way for anyone to know without this bill becoming law. Here Are All The Things Idaho’s Governor Got Wrong About Asset Forfeiture in His Veto Statement

Civil Forfeiture: 15 States Offering the Best Property Rights Against Policing for Profit

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IJ Lawsuit on Behalf of Innocent Elderly Couple Will Continue With Governor’s Signature, Arizona Now the 20th State to Pass Forfeiture Reform

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Fact Check: Idaho Governor Misleads on Civil Forfeiture

Gov. Ducey signs RICO reform bill making it tougher for PD to seize cash, properties

Tuesday round-up

Reform considered for asset forfeiture

Idaho Governor Says Cops Matter More Than The Public Or Its Representatives, Vetoes Forfeiture Reform Bill

Reform considered for asset forfeiture

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Major Forfeiture Reform Heads to Arizona Governor’s Desk

Justice Thomas’ Long History of Criticizing Asset Forfeiture

Power to seize property must be curbed

IRS Seized Millions in Legal Money From Americans

Reform state’s forfeiture laws Does more harm

Treasury report details extent of asset seizures

House editorial: Bipartisan schmipartisan

Your House Is Under Arrest

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Idaho Governor Vetoes Forfeiture Reform, Claims the Bill Lacks “Any Benefit to Law-Abiding Citizens”