Jeff Sessions has reversed Obama-era ban on civil asset forfeiture for citizens who are suspected but not charged with crimes.
To be blunt, I see this as outrageous. There was one case of a man who had nearly his entire life savings taken after he got pulled over. He was transporting his savings in cash to start a business cross-country, and the police determined that carrying that much cash was suspicious. There is often no recourse for people who have their assets taken in this way.
If there is that much proof that somebody is doing something wrong, then go ahead and charge them. But this is assets taken from people where there is not enough evidence to even charge them.
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To be blunt, I see this as outrageous. There was one case of a man who had nearly his entire life savings taken after he got pulled over. He was transporting his savings in cash to start a business cross-country, and the police determined that carrying that much cash was suspicious. There is often no recourse for people who have their assets taken in this way.
If there is that much proof that somebody is doing something wrong, then go ahead and charge them. But this is assets taken from people where there is not enough evidence to even charge them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.975978f8cca8
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