Texas County Faces Class-action Lawsuit Over Civil Asset Forfeiture Program
In 2019, Harris County, Texas, police confiscated over $42,000 from a Mississippi man who was driving to Houston to buy a semitruck. Four...
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Colorado Bill Would End Policing for Profit, Civil Asset Forfeiture
The Colorado House of Representatives is considering passage of a bill that would end civil asset forfeiture in their state, replacing it with...
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Civil Asset Forfeiture: Destroying Dreams and Denying Due Process
Two sisters from Virginia — Vera and Apollonia Ward — were trying to start a business and build a better life for themselves...
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Maine Latest State to Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture
With the signature of Governor Janet Mills on Thursday, Maine became the fourth state in America to abolish civil asset forfeiture. ...
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