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The Justice Department just shut down a huge asset forfeiture program
The Department of Justice announced this week that it's suspending…
Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime
The Drug Enforcement Administration takes billions of dollars…
Why civil asset forfeiture simply won’t die
By Robert Gebelhoff
Assistant editor and Opinions contributor
July…
Police seized $10,000 of a couple’s cash. They couldn’t get it back — until they went public.
Tonya Smith referred to June 9 as a “highway robbery.”
But…
A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.
The Nevada trooper first told Stephen Lara the highway patrol…
Police seize property without charges and pocket the proceeds. There’s a bipartisan move to crack down.
When Malinda Harris went to her car after her son borrowed it…