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More Abuse of Asset Forfeiture Laws

By Ed Brayton

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Balko links to this article about a prosecutor in Muncie, Indiana who found a novel way to profit from our appalling asset forfeiture laws.

A judge has ordered Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney to repay $18,395 in legal fees he received as an attorney for a drug task force in cases where he used confidential agreements to seize money and property.

Delaware County Judge Richard Dailey said none of the drug forfeiture cases went before a court.

"Being no judgment was entered, Mr. McKinney is not entitled to get attorney fees," Dailey said in the ruling Wednesday.

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).

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