Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Dick Carpenter talked about money the federal government and the states bring in through civil asset forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to ...

The modern incarnation of criminal forfeiture traces its roots back to 1970, when Congress passed the RICO Act and the Controlled Substances Act, which allowed law enforcement to seize property ...

Nov. 26—The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped ...

The Supreme Court recently decided Culley v. Marshall, a case challenging the constitutionality of laws that deny owners prompt hearings when their possessions are seized through civil asset ...

The Kansas Legislature unanimously passed a bill overhauling the rules for when police can seize property under a practice known as civil asset forfeiture. The Kansas House and Senate voted 120-0 and ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KAKE) - Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill that would reform how assets are forfeited. Senate Bill 458 would reform the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act. The bill ...

Detroit police can no longer seize cars through civil asset forfeiture unless they can show that the car was used for trafficking drugs, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court held that ...

Seven years ago, deputy sheriffs ransacked Greg and Theresa Almond’s home in Randolph County and found $50 worth of marijuana. The couple said the weed wasn’t theirs, but that did not stop the ...

On June 4, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 6990 into law, making significant changes to the state’s asset seizure and forfeiture statutes by expressly including virtual ...

The King County Sheriff’s Office seized $9.4 million in cash, 41 homes and 120 cars between 2017 and 2023 through its asset-forfeiture program, which an audit released Tuesday found lacks transparency ...

A recent audit of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's use of state asset forfeiture funds in 2019 and 2020 found a series of record keeping issues and the loss of $610 in funds. The Feb. 7 ...