A lot of drug warriors fell for the logic of penalizing drug dealers by seizing their property. Where they failed was envisioning just how corrupting this power would be, and that it’s just not Constitutional, no matter how well-intended or how much actual drug dealers should be penalized. It was ripe for abuse and has been grossly abused. No more civil asset forfeiture without a fair trial by jury and a conviction.
I hope Jeff Sessions has disavowed any advocacy of this practice; if not, there’s no time like the present. Time has told the tale, it was the wrong thing to do, no matter what the intention might have been at the time.
REVERSE FORFEITURE
The State steals the property of drug dealers. The dealer is now an agent of the State. The State now becomes the dealers profiting from the illegal sales. Judges and lawyers are now drug dealers.
The true victim should sue the Judge and Lawyer for illegal drug profiting, the judge and lawyer should be jailed, but only after their assets and homes seized.
Their homes are used in the commission of a crime. Many folks can pass that law.