"At a hearing last week, Councilman Tommy Wells acknowledged problems with the District’s civil forfeiture regime, saying “it doesn’t look fair.” But any reform will have to survive opposition from law enforcement. D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan argued the bill “would unnecessarily create major new problems in the civil forfeiture system, rendering it effectively inoperable.” An inoperable civil forfeiture system would mean falling back on the criminal forfeiture system. Would it be the end of the world if the government actually had to produce enough evidence to charge someone with a crime before seizing their stuff? I submit that it would not."
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:42:34 +0000
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