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Re:Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or ... by protomyth on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:40AM (#11862952)
> Seriously. If you look at the court cases for asset forfeitures, it is titled "The State of Oklahoma vs $1,534.32 in cash" or "Iowa vs 2014 Mercedes".

That type of thing is ok in Admiralty Law, but should have no place in criminal law. How we got to a point where things can be taken from someone who is not convicted of a crime is beyond belief.

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Re:Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:41AM (#11862966)
> That type of thing is ok in Admiralty Law, but should have no place in criminal law.

It doesn't take place within criminal law.

(There is also "criminal asset forfeiture", which is a different beast, and takes place within normal criminal process against a particular criminal defendant: that is a part of criminal law, and its a lot less controversial than civil asset forfeiture.)

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Re:Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or ... by protomyth on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:44AM (#11862990)
ok, fine, but I think civil asset forfeiture in this context is misnamed and bs.
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