The report "Frustrating, Corrupt, Unfair: Civil Forfeiture in the Words of its Victims" is given in the responses that follow.
Institute For Justice Survey Shows How Philadelphia's Forfeiture Program Preyed On Poor Minorities
8 November 2021
Institute For Justice Survey Shows How Philadelphia's Forfeiture Program Preyed On Poor Minorities
8 November 2021
The Institute for Justice managed to kill off most of Philadelphia's severely abused civil forfeiture program in 2018. Litigation resulted in a consent decree that banned law enforcement from seizing cash amounts less than $250 and seizures of less than $1,000 were forbidden unless accompanied by criminal charges or if the seizure was to be used as evidence in a trial. This consent decree was necessary because the Philly PD had abused the system for years, taking minute amounts of cash off anyone they arrested as part of a catch-and-release program where alleged criminals were free to go but the ...
Institute For Justice Survey Shows How Philadelphia's Forfeiture Program Preyed On Poor Minorities
The Institute for Justice managed to kill off most of Philadelphia's severely abused civil forfeiture program in 2018. Litigation resulted in a consent decree that banned law enforcement from seizing cash amounts less than $250 and seizures of...
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