Victim Denied Settlement Since Cops Used Civil Forfeiture To Seize Abuser's Cash
The outrageous case has led to calls from Congress to pass legislation curbing civil asset forfeiture.
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The outrageous case has led to calls from Congress to pass legislation curbing civil asset forfeiture.
The outrageous case has led to calls from Congress to pass legislation curbing civil asset forfeiture.
A high school senior is waiting for the Mint Hill Police Department to comply with a court order and turn over the $69,130 officers seized from her abuser.
While public safety departments get funding from local governments for operational costs, some expenses are covered through local asset forfeiture. Here are the numbers from last year.
The chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees have stated that reforming federal civil asset forfeiture laws is a top priority for them.[1] The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ IG) has issued several critical reports on how some federal agencies and state and local authorities administer their forfeiture programs.[2] And Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced certain policy changes related to DOJ’s Equitable Sharing Program as part of a “firs