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Many state and federal statutes provide that when property is used in certain prohibited ways, ownership of the property passes to the government. Often, the statutes allow these forfeitures to be declared in civil proceedings against the property itself, without the normal safeguards of the criminal process. Indeed, if no one claims the property after proper notice, the government’s assertion of ownership can become incontestable without any judicial proceedings at all. Statutes authorizing such civil or administrative forfeiture might seem like egregious violations of both property rights and criminal-procedure rights guaranteed by the federal Constitution. But while forfeiture statutes may be unfair and unwise, this Feature cautions originalists not to assume that they are unconstitutional. The Feature concludes that the original meaning of the Constitution (as liquidated by historical practice) does not foreclose the three key features of forfeiture
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JANUARY 21 ― Arrest deprives a person of his personal liberty, which is a fundamental right as provided under Article 5 of the Federal Constitution. As such, arrest must be done in accordance to the law, which provides for the power to, grounds for, and manner of, arrest. Even with the power to.
UVA Law Professor and Policing Scholar Rachel A. Harmon
I Believe in Productive Procrastination
December 10, 2020
Rachel A. Harmon is a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she directs the Center for Criminal Justice. A leading scholar of policing, she previously served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, where she investigated and prosecuted civil rights crimes including hate crimes and cases of excessive force and sexual violence by police officers and other government officials. Before participating in the “What Would Society Look Like Without Police?” panel, part of the Zócalo/University of Toronto series The World We Want, she visited the virtual Zócalo green room to talk triathlons, why Supreme Court justices are just like the rest of us, and why she moved from prosecution to academia.