Negative Space: forfeiture
- Forfeiture and Sex
- Re: News Stories from the Drug War; from Tue, 05 Dec 1995 17:24:46 -0800 (PST)
- Forfeiture, Racism, and Gun Control
- Racist laws in the post-war south also included forfeiture for pretty much the same reason forfeiture exists today.
- Forfeiture: legalized bribery
- Forfeiture is good for criminals, bad for the innocent. And big money for corrupt governments and law enforcement organizations.
- Presumed Guilty: The Law’s Victims in the War on Drugs
- ”It’s a strange twist of justice in the land of freedom. A law designed to give cops the right to confiscate and keep the luxurious possessions of major drug dealers mostly ensnares the modest homes, cars and cash of ordinary, law-abiding people. They step off a plane or answer their front door and suddenly lose everything they've worked for. They are not arrested or tried for any crime.”
- Turning crime into a profit center
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Asset forfeiture and traffic laws have one dangerous thing in common: they turn danger into a profit center for government.
- Wachovia fines encourage drug trafficking
- Some people are wondering why no one at Wachovia went to jail for money laundering. The authorities received 160 million dollars in forfeiture and fines. Why would they want to discourage future banks from acting as Wachovia did?
More Information
- Drug Policy Alliance
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A drug policy research institute, they are reprinting some drug policy classics and publishing important new works. There is a lot of useful news here, and information on seminars and conferences. This is one of the two major drug policy reform sites on the Internet.
- Forfeiture Endangers American Rights
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The F.E.A.R. site will keep you updated on forfeiture case law around the United States--and around the world, as the U.S. allows foreign governments to confiscate the property of American citizens. Includes an attorney directory.
