Taking people’s stuff: Civil forfeiture is widespread, unjust, and resists reform
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Report: Civil Forfeiture Policy Unjustly Deprives People of Property
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Legislation Introduced to Curb Federal Forfeiture
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How Civil Forfeiture Makes It Harder for Cops to Do Their Jobs
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Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks
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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Tenth in a Series: Baltimore Edition)
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Government May Not Avoid Just Compensation in Debt Seizures
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Filmmaker Got Back His $69,000 ‘Stolen’ by DEA Agent, Plus a $15,000 Settlement
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Sentence First; Verdict Afterwards: Civil Asset Forfeiture Ruins Lives on Basis of Allegations
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Civil Asset Forfeiture Still Abused by Florida Law Enforcement
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Asset Forfeiture Not So Helpful to Crime-Fighting
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Massachusetts Remains a Civil Forfeiture Outlier
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DEA Continues to Seize Money Without Proof of Criminality
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