by Freeman & Fuson Tennessee Trail Lawyers Blog .... In Tennessee, the police can seize your car, take your money, take your
personal property, take your home, sell these items and use the proceeds
of that sale for their benefit without the person being found guilty of
a crime. In fact, the police can seize and sell these items without
even charging the owner with a crime. And worst of all, the laws in
Tennessee promote this activity. (link)
The Washington Post - Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime
ACLU - Police abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws has shaken our nation’s
conscience. Civil forfeiture allows police to seize — and then keep or
sell — any property they allege is involved in a crime. Owners need not
ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even
real estate to be taken away permanently by the government. (link)
Institute for Justice - The Institute for Justice aims to curtail,
and ultimately, abolish civil forfeiture, one of the gravest abuses of
power in the country today. Unlike criminal forfeiture, which takes
property from convicted criminals, under civil forfeiture, property
owners do not have to be convicted of a crime, or even charged with one,
to permanently lose their cash, cars, businesses or even their homes. (link)
National Review - Civil-asset forfeiture would be called robbery by any reasonable standard. It’s time for the practice to end. (link)
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