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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsMore Asset Forfeiture Madness
By Ed Brayton (all)
Balko links to an article in the San Antonio Express News that investigates the patterns in asset and cash forfeiture cases in the town of Tehana, Texas. The results are appalling:
A two-decade-old state law that grants authorities the power to seize property used in crimes is wielded by some agencies against people who never are charged with -- much less convicted of -- criminal activity.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...Law enforcement authorities in this East Texas town of 1,000 people seized property from at least 140 motorists between 2006 and 2008, and, to date, filed criminal charges against fewer than half, according to a review of court documents by the San Antonio Express-News.
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).
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