process by which law enforcement seizes assets
That’s the title of a new article by Tennessee College of Law professors Penny White and Glenn Reynolds. Here’s the Abstract: Inspired by the Justice Department’s report on criminal law…
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on Robeson County’s return to a controversial asset forfeiture program with the federal government. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why North Carolina needs…
This is the second part of a three-part analysis of the federal government’s “equitable sharing” program and its impact in North Carolina. Part One explained how equitable sharing makes it…
For many years, it was generally accepted that two features of North Carolina’s asset forfeiture regime made it the best in the country. First, under our criminal forfeiture statutes, the…
Federal “equitable sharing” programs hurt the relationship between local law enforcement agencies and the people they’re supposed to protect. The programs also threaten private property rights. Jon Guze explains how…
Writes JLF’s Jon Guze in his report on preventing asset forfeiture abuse in North Carolina: For many years, the federal government has encouraged state and local police departments to take…
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on efforts to curb federal civil asset forfeiture abuses. John Trump’s Daily Journal praises the U.S. House’s vote to rein in civil asset…
Glenn Reynolds explains at USA Today why he would get rid of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to steal from you. Oh, he doesn’t call…
The Triangle Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will explore the problem of civil-asset forfeiture abuse during a March 27 event in Raleigh. Follow this link or email [email protected] to…
On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Lisa Olivia Leonard’s challenge to Texas’s civil asset forfeiture law. The decision to deny certiorary, which was based on procedural grounds,…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column explains why Congress should act to rein in civil-asset forfeiture, even if that means opposition to President Trump. Shortly after the election, I wrote that…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column highlights the disturbing fact that the next U.S. attorney general appears to favor civil asset forfeiture. By a very large measure, Americans oppose civil asset…