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To: CSM
"Do you think it is valid that criminal trial requirements are being lowered to civil trail standards?"

In that there is no loss of liberty for the individual, yes.

Bear in mind that the prosecution must still convince a jury by a preponderance of the evidence that the property was acquired by other than legal means.

45 posted on 10/16/2006 4:36:26 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Bear in mind that the prosecution must still convince a jury by a preponderance of the evidence that the property was acquired by other than legal means.

Or not, depending on the owner's ability to get a competent lawyer (maybe hard to do with no money), and get to trial. A smart prosecutor, a cooperative judge, and a defendant in poor health could easily die waiting for his day in court. Easy money, and a warning to the rest of us.

49 posted on 10/16/2006 7:56:48 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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