No conviction should mean no lien and no punishment. If they get a conviction, they can go after the assets he has at the time of the conviction.
Agreed, but as another FReeper said above, this is nothing new. They've been doing this without convictions for years, it's unfortunately nothing new.
I think Cunningham's a crook, and deserves hard time for selling his office, but this just isn't right. Not until they actually get a conviction.
Add this to the growing list of crimes for which someone is guilty until proven innocent, I guess.
He was trying to convert the house into cash. By the time the criminal trial was over, the assets could be well hidden offshore.