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Civil forfeiture is nothing more than legalized theft by the government
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 @ 7:37 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Compared with most states’ laws, North Carolina’s asset forfeiture laws do an excellent job of protecting innocent property owners and discouraging abuse
Published: Sunday, June 4th, 2023 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s been more than a decade since 22 people with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office were ousted because of rampant corruption.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 9:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly is scheduled to return for the 2018 short legislative session on Wednesday, May 16
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civil asset forfeiture is inherently unjust, as I’ve explained many times in the past because it empowers law enforcement agencies to confiscate property from people who have never been charged with, let alone convicted of, a crime
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2018 @ 3:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. House of Representatives just took a knife to funding for the federal civil asset forfeiture program - a move that could help protect innocent North Carolinians and their property
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 7:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 3:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is determined to break the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, and he's trying to raise as much money as possible to do it
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 5:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As regular readers already know, civil asset forfeiture is a legal process that empowers government agents to confiscate property they suspect has been used for, or derived from, criminal activity. It is a civil action against the property itself, which means the owner need not be convicted of a...
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from FeedomWorks gives North Carolina's asset forfeiture program an A-, the second highest score in the country. In explaining North Carolina's high score, the report cites two factors: (1) "The government can only forfeit property if the owner has been convicted of a crime;" and...
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If sportswriter Sally Jenkins has her facts right, the NFL's handling of the allegations about underinflated AFC Championship game balls seems to have fallen short of even the most rudimentary standards of justice...
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2015 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the first newsletter I wrote for the John Locke Foundation, I welcomed Eric Holder's announcement that the Department of Justice - the country's top law enforcement agency - would be reigning in its out-of-control and abusive civil asset forfeiture program. Unfortunately, as George Leef...
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As I have previously explained, civil asset forfeiture is an obnoxious legal process that empowers law enforcement agencies to confiscate property they suspect has been used in, or derived from, criminal activity. Part of what makes this process so abhorrent is the fact that, because it is a...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my previous newsletter, I called Eric Holder's January 16th order modifying the DOJ's civil asset forfeiture policy "a significant step in the right direction," and I encouraged my readers to join me in hoping, not only that more reform would follow but also that Holder's order might mark...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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US Attorney General Eric Holder has been subjected to a good deal of criticism during his time in office, but even many of his fiercest critics have joined the chorus of praise for an order he signed last week entitled "Prohibition on Certain Federal Adoptions of Seizures by State and Local Law...
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent headlines have called attention to the issue of state public school textbook funding. Partisans have tried to score political points with quotes like the following...
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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