[B Knotts]

While I am no WOD crusader and I feel that convictionless seizures are an abomination of justice, it should be mentioned that this woman had many chances to do something about her son's behavior.

Again: even if she had called the police herself, they would still have seized the house.

[Drew68]

Again: even if she had called the police herself, they would still have seized the house.

Possibly.

However, the outcry and bad publicity generated by doing as such might have made the officers think twice about a seizure and simply arrested the son on drug charges.