The good news: Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, and New Mexico have now banned civil asset forfeiture. Before government gets ...

The right to property is perhaps our oldest right. But government may seize property used in crime, called civil forfeiture? What type of procedures are required when this happens to protect our ...

Civil asset forfeiture is when law enforcement takes a person’s private property on the assumption that the property is connected to a crime. However, the government does not actually have to prove ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Civil forfeiture is a legal process that allows law enforcement to seize property, including cash, from those believed to be involved in criminal activity — no conviction required.

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 ...

During civil asset forfeiture, possessions are seized in the name of justice. But real people suffer real consequences. Mandrel Stuart of Sandston, Virginia had to prove his innocence to get his money ...

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 ...

An examination of the incentives created by structuring a Bitcoin reserve to hold seized coins with civil asset forfeiture existing. Yesterday, President Trump announced the long awaited Strategic ...

Civil asset forfeiture may have won the battle, but it will likely lose the war – at least in the Roberts Court. The Supreme Court recently decided Culley v. Marshall, a case challenging the ...