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Re:Police Can Seize and Sell Assets Even When the Owner Brok... by superuser2 on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @02:00AM (#8588658)
You are arrested and placed in a cage before any sort of due process has concluded.

The due process doesn't have to be first, it just has to happen, and it has to be binding. (i.e. they can't just keep you or your property if they lose the trial)

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Re:Police Can Seize and Sell Assets Even When the Owner Brok... by jMyles on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @03:43AM (#8588906)
> You are arrested and placed in a cage before any sort of due process has concluded.

Well, that's not really supposed to happen either.

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Re:Police Can Seize and Sell Assets Even When the Owner Brok... by rhino369 on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @11:42AM (#8590731)
Of course it is. The Bill of Rights contemplates bail, so obviously it wasn't considered a violation of due process to hold someone before trial.
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Re:Police Can Seize and Sell Assets Even When the Owner Brok... by jMyles on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @02:26PM (#8591646)
I'm sorry, I was unclear. I meant to suggest that the right to be free from excessive bail has been eroded as well.
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