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The legislation would replace the state’s civil asset forfeiture process with a criminal process. Under the new process, forfeiture could only occur if prosecutors secure a conviction for a crime that authorizes the forfeiture of property.

The legislation would replace the state’s civil asset forfeiture process with a criminal process - and opt out of much of the federal program as well.

A bill in the Oklahoma House would require a conviction before asset forfeiture, but the legislation leaves a loophole open that would allow police to continue using asset forfeiture by partnering with the feds.

The pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), which takes its name from its shape, is found throughout the Caribbean Sea, but its population has declined by more than 80 percent since 1990. As a result, th

In addition to its nutritional properties, quinoa, an ancestral grain from the Andes, also has cosmetic uses, as stated by the resource use and benefit-sharing permit ABSCH-IRCC-PE-261033-1 awarded in

Created in 2016, the Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve (MCBR) hosts 1900 species of animals and plants and contains half of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second largest in the world afte

Under current South Carolina forfeiture procedures, the state can take a person’s property without even charging them with a crime. The Institute for Justice gave South Carolina a D- grade for its current forfeiture laws, saying, “South Carolina’s civil forfeiture laws offer very little protection for property owners.”

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Montreal, Canada on 7–19 December 2022. "The Conference in Montreal must mark a turning point in terms of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2030, somewhat in the same way as the Paris Climate Change Conference did for preventing climate crisis," says Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo, who leads Finlands delegation. Minister Ohisalo will attend the Conference on...

The conference will see the adoption of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The framework provides a strategic vision and a global roadmap for the conservation, protection, restoration and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems for the next decade.

The Fort Wayne Police Department lacked adequate policies in accounting for money shared with the federal government, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Justice.