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To: robertpaulsen
"But that shouldn't count because "he didn't know" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)."

Yes, but are you OK with property confiscation before a man is found guilty by a court of law?

11 posted on 11/23/2003 12:26:26 PM PST by Sam Cree (democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree; Lazamataz; ellery
You call it property confiscation. ellery calls it seizure. I don't know what you're saying.

If there are assets which may have been involved in the criminal activity itself -- a vehicle to transport, a warehouse to store, land to grow, a laboratory to manufacture -- or if there are assets gained by the illegal activity -- cash, paintings, houses, clothes -- I believe it is lawful to hold and freeze those assets until a verdict has been reached.

If that's whats meant by "confiscation" or "seizure", then yes. I don't believe that the government has the power to take possession and/or dispose of the assets until a guilty verdict has been reached.

Bear in mind that we imprison people "before they're found guilty by a court of law", so let's not get ourselves all worked up about a little temporary asset holding.

37 posted on 11/23/2003 1:10:21 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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