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A Proposal To Reform Police Seizure Of Private Property

A Proposal To Reform Police Seizure Of Private Property

A bill with bipartisan sponsorship aims to reform the questionable police practice of civil asset forfeiture that allows law enforcement to take cash and property from people without convicting them, or usually even charging them, of a crime. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.) introduced the “Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from Excessive Searches […]