[coloradan]

If I knowingly (I would deny this, obviously) rent a building to someone who is using it to manufacture meth, I would expect it to be seized, even though I wasn't involved in the drug making.

Conspiracy to manufacture meth. Crime. Accessory to said manufacture. Crime.

One guy sits in the getaway car. The cops arrest the bad guys in the bank. The driver of the car gets off?

Accessory to bank robbery, crime. Conspiracy to rob a bank. Crime. Failure to report a felony. Crime.

The man in this article has been found innocent of all criminal charges again him.

Shall the state continue to keep his property?

[templar]

Shall the state continue to keep his property?

Ever read any of these seizure cases? I don't know about all of them, but they sometimes are headed something like "State of Transmania vs. $50,000 cash & 1999 Mercedes 500D" or something similar. Seems that the seizures are brought against the property in question, not it's owner. The property is the guilty party, the owner doesn't count. This may be the norm, or it may just be the way some States do it, I'm not sure.

[pageonetoo]

RobertP probably owns no barns, I doubt he has more than an acre, and could pour warm P out of a boot, without reading directions on the heal...
his type are what is taking our country down the road to socialism... if the g'umt says so, it is so!

I not only know the local Sheriff and many of his deputies, , but the States Atty, and a number of local judges. If I were charged with breaking a law, they would arrest, prosecute, and judge me... that is because they are all honorable folk... and EVERY ONE of them supports the legalization of Hemp... in private discussions. Their jobs depend on conforming to the party line, though, so they ENFORCE the law.

It is well to note that most of the folk supporting this WOD are the same ones that would think it wrong, and/or unfair, that they got a ticket for driving 70 in a 55 mph zone, because "everyone else does it", and "the speed limit is too slow"! Situational ethics are a wonderful thing.

[robertpaulsen]

"Conspiracy to manufacture meth. Crime. Accessory to said manufacture. Crime"

Prove it. They said they were using the building for storage.

"The man in this article has been found innocent of all criminal charges again him."

Oh really? I must have missed that part. Could you please point that out in the article or retract it?

I read that he was only found not guilty of possession of marijuana.