[concerned about politics]

Under the new law, police can still take property from you for a short period, but would need a conviction or a guilty plea in order to keep it.

Geeze. I think this law should go even further. Shouldn't someone be found guilty FIRST , BEFORE they steal all their stuff and screw up their life?

[L,TOWM]

Sometimes the stuff that is seized is actually evidence. There is not really any way of getting around the serious damage to your life that being arrested can do. It sucks if you didn’t do it, but I agree that the cops should not be permitted to steal from you just on an accusation, either.

[ExGeeEye]

Under the old rules, they didn’t even have to charge you with anything. Just take your stuff and keep it. Spend it. Sell it.

So yeah, big improvement.