Asset forfeiture should not be possible for any reason without first a court hearing with the property owner represented by legal counsel at the expense of the authority seeking the asset forfeiture, and that authority only allowed the propery owner’s reimbursement for those expenses if the authority succeeds in getting the asset forfeiture. Loser pays should be the case in U.S. court civil actions.
DOJ eyeing Americans ‘like ATMs,’ spending over $6 billion to aid civil asset forfeitures..
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