How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charging him with a crime

Re:How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charg... by talmand on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @10:07AM (#9538993)

There's a difference between being charged and convicted. If the text is correct, they can't rob you until you've been convicted of a crime in a court of law. So that means while you rot in jail under a fake charge you at least still have your stuff.

Which you will then start to sell off so you can afford the legal defense required to fight the false charges. A person can be found innocent of all charges but still be wiped out financially from defending themselves. That's called "justice".

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Re:How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charg... by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @11:20AM (#9539571)

>A person can be found innocent of all charges but still be wiped out financially from defending themselves. That's called "justice".

And say the false charge was one with a social stigma, say child molestation. Now not only are you financially wiped out, not only have you lost your job, but your name is now tied with a crime which people will often not care if you were found not guilty (or even found innocent). And the only thing you can do to stop it is to say a prayer that you aren't going to be the next one wrongly charged.

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