Mark Dayton Does Something Sane
Jack Kemp
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2014/05/16/no-more-stealing-by-government-a-longoverdue-attack-on-asset-forfeiture-n1838957/page/full
And Minnesota actually has eliminated this odious tactic. Here are some excerpts from a Forbes column.
In a big win for property rights and due process, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday to curb an abusive—and little known—police practice called civil forfeiture. Unlike criminal forfeiture, under civil forfeiture someone does not have to be convicted of a crime, or even charged with one, to permanently lose his or her cash, car or home. …Now the government can only take property if it obtains a criminal conviction or its equivalent, like if a property owner pleads guilty to a crime or becomes an informant. The bill also shifts the burden of proof onto the government, where it rightfully belongs.
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2014/05/16/no-more-stealing-by-government-a-longoverdue-attack-on-asset-forfeiture-n1838957/page/full
And Minnesota actually has eliminated this odious tactic. Here are some excerpts from a Forbes column.
In a big win for property rights and due process, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday to curb an abusive—and little known—police practice called civil forfeiture. Unlike criminal forfeiture, under civil forfeiture someone does not have to be convicted of a crime, or even charged with one, to permanently lose his or her cash, car or home. …Now the government can only take property if it obtains a criminal conviction or its equivalent, like if a property owner pleads guilty to a crime or becomes an informant. The bill also shifts the burden of proof onto the government, where it rightfully belongs.
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