[USNBandit]

Forfeiture laws, when applied appropriately are a good form of justice. The problem is that they aren't always applied appropriately, and it innocent citizens are being penalized, without any criminal activity.

I think reform is a necessary part of fixing this problem.

[MileHi]

The problem is that they aren't always applied appropriately...

Maybe only 50some% of the time?

[dljordan]

“The problem is that they aren’t always applied appropriately, and it innocent citizens are being penalized, without any criminal activity.”

Kind of like Communism, we just haven’t done it right yet.

[Svartalfiar]

Forfeiture laws, when applied appropriately are a good form of justice. The problem is that they aren't always applied appropriately, and it innocent citizens are being penalized, without any criminal activity.

In what what can they be a good form of justice? Any kind of civil forfeiture starts with taking goods or money from someone, requiring no proof of any kind of crime, much less a crime related to the goods! If the city/state wants to confiscate drug money or something like that, they can do it the right way, and charge the people with a crime, and only have the money/items forfeit when they are related to the crime that the person is charged with, and especially, convicted thereof.