The government's license to steal: Indiana's law barring police departments from enriching themselves through asset forfeiture would be more effective if it weren't ignored.
Reason › Vol. 42 Nbr. 6, November 2010
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The government's license to steal: Indiana's law barring police departments from enriching themselves through asset forfeiture would be more effective if it weren't ignored.
IN THE LATE 1990S, after a public backlash against the use of civil asset forfeiture to take money and property from innocent people, seven states passed laws assigning all proceeds from such forfeitures to public schools or the general fund instead of police departments and prosecutors' offices. The idea was to re...
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