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Nursing student and single mom Stephanie Wilson will soon have a date at the Michigan Supreme Court, and she could lose her car in the process. Wayne County law enforcers seized her 2006 Saturn Ion in June 2019 and have been fighting to keep it ever since. When officers took the vehicle, they did not […]
In 2015, New Mexico legislators ended most civil asset forfeiture, the process that lets police keep cash or property they seize, even if they never charge the owner with a crime, so long as they suspect that it’s linked to criminal activity. High-profile lawsuits and press attention prompted some states to reexamine their forfeiture laws. […]
The Department of Justice is reviewing the offices’ use of federal forfeiture funds after two audits By Steve Hughes Updated Jan 12, 2023 7:13 a.m. Albany County District Attorney David Soares attends a donation ceremony to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Monday, April 11, 2022, in Menands N.Y. The Department of Justice is reviewing how […]
Tampa, FL ― U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) collected $168,330,189 related to criminal and civil matters in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 (FY 2022). Of that amount, $103,089,821 represents total collections in criminal and civil actions. Included in this amount is $43,048,067 recovered in […]
As with most good tales, this one starts with pirates. Or rather, privateers, who are basically pirates but with less killing. From America’s earliest years to the modern day, the government has taken money and property from citizens to pay its bills. It began with pirates and privateers, morphed to go after moonshiners and later […]
Russ Caswell, owner of Motel Caswell in Tewksbury, Mass., fought the law and won. Now, he’s reflecting on his experiences with a law enforcement tool known as civil asset forfeiture as policymakers in Washington, D.C., and across states from coast to coast, debate the practice. “The government tried to take [Motel Caswell] based on just […]
Former Motel Caswell owner testifies in nation’s capital on pitfalls of civil forfeiture law Russ Caswell, right foreground, is joined by Institute of Justice lawyer Darpana Sheth at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the federal civil-forfeiture law, which nearly cost Caswell his business, the Motel Caswell in Tewksbury in 2013. Institute of […]
US senators held a hearing this week to talk about reforming a bizarre law that lets authorities seize your property even if you’ve never been charged with a crime. They heard from a man who knows about this “living nightmare” firsthand. Russ Caswell, a former motel owner who is in his 70s, told the US […]
On May 6, Arizona Governor Greg Ducey signed into law House Bill 2810, which reforms the state’s civil forfeiture law and strengthens due process and property rights protections. Support for the legislation in both houses was bipartisan and near-unanimous. It passed the House on February 24 on a 57-2-1 vote and the Senate by 29-1 […]
Imagine a world where police officers regularly confiscate property from civilians, based only on officers’ accusations of criminal conduct. Imagine that these allegations are never examined by a judge and that charges of criminal conduct are often never even filed. Unfortunately, you don’t have to imagine anything, because that is the world we live in. […]