I also have beefs with the way HN works but I think the easier explanation here is that this isn't especially interesting because it's decades old, it's somewha

I also have beefs with the way HN works but I think the easier explanation here is that this isn't especially interesting because it's decades old, it's somewhat political which lots of HN users don't like on HN, and it doesn't really provide anything new. The only reason this article exists is because a state got rid of civil asset forfeiture before a conviction a few days ago. So there should really just be a link to that article, which I believe there was days ago.