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Monday, August 26, 2013

Civil Forfeiture, another government confiscation scheme

Police and the legal system out of control in the USA--

Sarah Stillman: The Use and Abuse of Civil Forfeiture : The New Yorker: "Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes. Is that all we’re losing?" (read this unbelievable expose in the New Yorker at the link above)

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