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Criminal Justice Reform? We’re Making Progress
If you had asked your legislator last year about their stance…

Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives that can cost you your property.
Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives that can cost…

Police Seize Car, Drive 56,000 Miles, Sell It Without Charging Owners With a Crime
Michigan forfeiture laws allow assets to be turned over without…

Senate bill aims to rein in IRS on asset forfeitures
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These states let police take and keep your stuff even if you haven’t committed a crime
The policy that allows this is known as "civil forfeiture" —…

Good and bad news on civil asset forfeiture
Good and bad news on civil asset forfeiture
Saraland, Ala., police…

Civil asset forfeiture is a dangerous tool
South Africa’s civil forfeiture law is based on American law…

No Arrest — But Cops Took And Kept His $2,035 Anyway
Your assets are presumed guilty in Michigan; legislation would…

Michigan Man Cleared of Wrongdoing, Still Fighting Civil Forfeiture Years Later
This article was originally published by the Institute for Justice.…

Controversial civil forfeiture program back in action
In 2012, Alda Gentile, her son and baby grandson were driving…