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I don't think it matters much whether many challenges are successful. When it takes years and costs more in unrecoverable legal fees (it's a civil court case, n
by prodigal_erik 16y ago
I don't think it matters much whether many challenges are successful. When it takes years and costs more in unrecoverable legal fees (it's a civil court case, not merely a request) than most seized property is actually worth, very few victims are going to bother.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2009/1209/p02s06-usju.html http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2009/1209/p02s06-usju.h...
- tptacek 16y agoI don't know how bad it is at the state level, but according to the US Code, at the federal level it shouldn't take years; there's a rigid statutory timeline on hearings, measured in increments of 30 days.