Will County judge calls state actions disturbing in final Kee forfeiture case

Will County Judge Brian Barrett dismissed the forfeiture case against two New Lenox business owners and said the case had no ...
Reason

Asset Forfeiture Funding Has Little Impact on Solving Crimes, Says New Study

Law enforcement groups have long argued that civil asset forfeiture, a practice that allows police to seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, is a vital tool for stopping ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: State civil asset forfeiture laws give government ‘license to steal’

Civil asset forfeiture is when law enforcement takes a person’s private property on the assumption that the property is connected to a crime. However, the government does not actually have to prove ...
VTDigger

Bipartisan civil forfeiture bill reduced to a study by Senate committee

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Burglar buys lottery tickets at Lambert 1957 gas station in Joliet, orange Jeep faces forfeiture: complaint

Joliet Patch remains the only news outlet to bring you coverage of Will County's civil court system including vehicle ...
Forbes

Congressman Introduces New Bill To Abolish Civil Forfeiture

Rep. Justin Amash, the nation’s sole Libertarian congressman, introduced a bill on Thursday that would prohibit the federal government from using civil forfeiture, which lets law enforcement take cash ...
The Hill

A new study exposes the lie that civil forfeiture fights crime

Law enforcement agencies claim to fight crime when they seize and keep cash without securing a conviction. But new peer-reviewed research undercuts the narrative. The study, published in Criminal ...