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It's only a crime if you are convicted. No matter the circumstances being accused of something is not a crime. Seizing some property upon accusation and then re
by coldcode 6y ago
It's only a crime if you are convicted. No matter the circumstances being accused of something is not a crime. Seizing some property upon accusation and then returning it intact and unchanged if not convicted or no charges filed might be fine, but selling the car would not.
- loup-vaillant 6y agoThe article doesn't expand on it, but someone who was clocked at 118mph then refuses to take the breathalyzer… We can reasonably assume he was convicted of something. Most probably DIW, but there's also speeding and reckless driving. The real problem here is that the car they seized didn't belong to him.
- quag 6y agoThe article says that the DUI prosecution has been indefinitely delayed due to COVID. The case has not been heard, and there has not been a conviction, acquittal Or had the charges withdrawn.
- loup-vaillant 6y agoAh. I stand corrected, then. If the car wasn't just held, but sold during this period, that's even worse than I thought.