Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide

Re:Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeitur... by 14 on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:06PM (#25469974)

That is such crap. Everyone knows a lot of the people they target can not afford a legal battle and will simply walk away and count their loses and the people doing the taking know this.

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Re:Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeitur... by jackfoxy on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:27PM (#25470883)

It's worse than that. The government has essentially unlimited (time and money) resources to throw into a civil case. Even the most wealthy individuals are at a severe disadvantage.

I'm not a legal scholar, but I find it bizarre the government can bring civil cases against individuals and corporations. They also do this to enforce environmental measures, a laudable goal. But as an ignorant layperson I prefer the government stick to defining and prosecuting what is illegal and stay our of civil law.

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Re:Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeitur... by anonunivgrad on Friday December 18, 2020 @03:21PM (#25471426)

Criminal prosecutions are for the condemnation of moral wrongdoing. Law serves many functions aside from that.

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Re:Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeitur... by ratsmack on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:47PM (#25471086)

This is why the level of "justice" you receive is directly proportional to your ability to pay a team of lawyers in many cases.

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