By Mike Maharrey Today, August 15, 2016 the California Assembly voted 66-8 to pass a bill that not only bolsters restrictions on state officials from seizing…
By Mike Maharrey Today, civil asset forfeiture officially ends in Nebraska as reforms to asset forfeiture laws passed in the spring go into effect. Under…
By Justin Gardner It’s the stuff of libertarian dreams. The IRS admits that it wrongfully took money from innocent citizens, and it gives the money…
By Claire Bernish As if civil asset forfeiture, where police can seize your property without having to prove you actually committed a crime, wasn’t contentious…
By Mike Maharrey Last week, the Ohio House passed a bill that would reform asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without…
By TJ Martinell One thing Californians agree on is their opposition to laws that allow law enforcement to seize and keep people’s cash and property…
By Matt Agorist The criminal depths to which police will sink to bolster their budgets, apparently have no limit, as a recent case of police…
By Shira Rawlinson Today, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed SB 1044 into law, which enacts a significant overhaul of the state’s civil forfeiture laws. The…
By Mike Maharrey The federal government’s Asset Forfeiture Equitable Sharing Program is back in business, proving once again that depending on the federal government to…
By Justin Gardner A couple of years ago, the Denver Police Department (DPD) was under fire for a spate of excessive force complaints. They wanted…
By Joshua Krause Unlike most forms of government revenue, there is really no way to disguise civil asset forfeiture as something it’s not. It’s outright…
By Mike Maharrey Bills introduced in the Tennessee legislature would reform asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction….