Only persons have the presumption of not being guilty. Not property. The government can claim crimes all they want, they just can't claim a person committed a c

Only persons have the presumption of not being guilty. Not property. The government can claim crimes all they want, they just can't claim a person committed a crime (and punish them for it). This is all about shifting the burden of proof to the accused. Allowing the money to be charged separately does that, or so courts have ruled. (Insert above disclaimer here.)