Tag: civil asset forfeiture

U.S. House Votes to Curb Civil Asset Forfeiture

In a surprising move, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that will roll back Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ asset forfeiture plan that would have allowed

U.S. House Votes to Curb Civil Asset Forfeiture

In a surprising move, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that will roll back Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ asset forfeiture plan that would have allowed law enforcement to seize cash and property from people suspected of illegal activity but who had not necessarily been charged, much less convicted, of any crime. Amendment number 126 of the House bill, sponsored by a

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Jeff Sessions Desperately Wants to Allow Police to Keep Stealing Your Property

Nearly lost in the miasma of secret anti-marijuana meetings in Colorado and Donald Trump’s very public wish for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to go far, far away and never come back is Sessions’s updated plan, released Wednesday, to allow American police to more freely and easily relieve American citizens of their property—even if they have never committed a crime. Since

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