The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that when authorities seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the ...

A civil forfeiture case brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York seeks to seize two Manhattan ...

The outrageous practice of civil asset forfeiture—which allows police to seize property on the mere suspicion of a crime—is getting its moment in the spotlight in Rebel Ridge, an upcoming Netflix ...

In a Harris County District Clerk’s Office, there sits a case known as The State of Texas v. One 2004 Chevrolet Silverado. The case was disposed of in 2011, with the Chevy in question being found ...

Nov. 26—The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped ...

In a real life version of Rebel Ridge, a veteran is fighting the “civil forfeiture” program that gives state and local cops an incentive to grab your assets–even when you’ve committed no crime. It ...

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While profit-motivated law-enforcement agencies tend to portray it as inherently suspicious, there is nothing illegal about traveling with large sums of cash. Stillfx - stock.adobe.com On a Friday in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Civil forfeiture is a legal process that allows law enforcement to seize property, including cash, from those believed to be involved in criminal activity — no conviction required.

Law enforcement agencies claim to fight crime when they seize and keep cash without securing a conviction. But new peer-reviewed research undercuts the narrative. The study, published in Criminal ...

What’s going to happen now that the attorney general has rolled back Obama’s civil forfeiture reforms? Hopefully nothing. Cannabis legalization remains overwhelmingly popular, and there are signs that ...