Three years ago, a special legislative commission in Massachusetts ticked off ways to reform the system by which law enforcement officials are able to seize the property of citizens, using the lowest ...

In the first decision of its kind in Nevada, a judge ruled last week that state law enforcement can't evade stricter requirements for seizing cash and property by partnering with the federal ...

That’s what President Trump said about a Texas lawmaker who wanted to reform civil asset forfeiture, or the ability of cops to confiscate people’s property, often without convicting them of a crime.

Reason’s Jacob Sullum has a piece deflating Friday’s big news of forfeiture reform—or as he titles it, “How the Press Exaggerated Holder’s Forfeiture Reform.” Attorney General Eric Holder announced ...

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) vetoed a bill reforming the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws and protecting citizens’ rights to due process, but lawmakers are trying again with a second bill to reform ...

While former Attorney General Eric Holder said at the beginning of 2015 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had taken measures to prevent state and local police departments from seizing money, cars ...

Jacob Sullum, a senior editor at Reason magazine, is the author of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books). Follow him on Twitter: ...

While a bill that would provide accountability to the public for law enforcement’s use of civil asset forfeiture has passed the state House of Representatives and been introduced into the Senate, a ...

Tennessee lawmakers are holding legislative hearings about civil asset forfeiture reform, learning more about how the law enforcement practice may infringe on citizens’ due process and private ...

Law enforcement agencies claim to fight crime when they seize and keep cash without securing a conviction. But new peer-reviewed research undercuts the narrative. The study, published in Criminal ...

On a Friday in March 2021, Brian Moore, an aspiring rap artist, was about to catch a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles, where he planned to produce a video that he hoped would promote his musical ...