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If something is taken when you're convicted, it's usually criminal asset forfeiture. One argument in favor of civil asset forfeiture is that it is the only way
by nickff 11y ago
If something is taken when you're convicted, it's usually criminal asset forfeiture. One argument in favor of civil asset forfeiture is that it is the only way to take assets from the estate of a criminal who died before being convicted.
The Supreme Court only takes cases it wants, usually because different circuit courts (the level below the Supreme Court) are at odds with one another. The Supreme Court also sometimes takes cases which they are certain will have circuit splits, ones of particular importance (Bush v. Gore), and those which are causing a body of law to be developed which the SC justices believe to be incorrect. Because of these facts, you cannot force a case on to the Supreme Court docket; they are probably waiting for the right case to take.
- stretchwithme 11y agoCan't you just get it from the estate? Anyway, that's relatively rare and doesn't justify suspending the property rights of individuals without due process.
- nickff 11y agoWhy would the estate give its property to the government instead of following the will? It is not as rare as you might think, but even if it were very frequent, it would not justify taking people's property for no good reason.
- stretchwithme 11y agoI meant upon conviction they can get what the person would have been fined. Can't execution of the will wait until all cases are finished?