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Asset Forfeitures Fund New York DA’s Office Bonuses

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Oregon Seizes $121,000 of Deceased Veteran’s Benefits

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Forfeiture Funds Fancy Food for Officials

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Report: Asset Forfeiture Distorts Police Priorities

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Ninth Circuit: Government Cannot Seize Cash Based Solely on Money’s Intended Use

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Civil Asset Forfeiture: Unfair, Unjust, Un-American

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Taking people’s stuff: Civil forfeiture is widespread, unjust, and resists reform

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Avoid seizures of cash by taking prudent measures

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Legislation Introduced to Curb Federal Forfeiture

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Report: Civil Forfeiture Policy Unjustly Deprives People of Property

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How Civil Forfeiture Makes It Harder for Cops to Do Their Jobs

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Tenth in a Series: Baltimore Edition)

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Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks

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Government May Not Avoid Just Compensation in Debt Seizures

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“They’re Taking My Stuff!” – Now on Video!

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Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

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Report: Government Seizes Billions in Private Property, but Citizens Have Little Recourse

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages: Do People Facing Forfeiture Get Due Process?

A high-profile reversal of a recent civil forfeiture case makes…

Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

Every year, federal, state, and local government agents take—and…

This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Twelfth in a Series: Love Field Update)

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Five Myths of Civil Forfeiture

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Eleventh in a Series: Highway Robbery in California)

The bandit is the scourge of the traveler. In less developed…

This Week’s Outrage (Which, Again, Touches on Civil Asset Forfeiture)

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New Hampshire Considers Major Forfeiture Reform

The New Hampshire state legislature’s House Committee on Criminal…

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