[ptsal]

Over the rail with both parties

Leon Klinghofer

[marktwain]

You can thank former AG Dan Lundgren of California for this mess. He is the one who pushed modern asset forfeiture. The concept was originally used to stop smuggling, where the people doing the smuggling stayed outside of U.S. jurisdiction.

It is a product of the War on Some Drugs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lungren