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> The victims often have no relation to crime or criminal prosecution. What does this mean?
by Hnrobert42 4y ago
> The victims often have no relation to crime or criminal prosecution.
What does this mean?
- ncmncm 4y agoSomebody else used their property to e.g. transport contraband. Often enough, stole it. Wasn't long ago a twin engine Beechcraft was stolen, used, and confiscated. The owner never got it back because the DEA argued they needed it.
- _8j50 4y agoLet's say someone smoked weed outside your house and right off your property, your house can be taken by the police even if you have no relation with the person and they did not enter your property because your lack of relationship or their history at your property is contested by the government and your house itself is the accused and the evidence therefore being an inanimate object that can't defend itself it now belongs to them. Can't make this up lol
- Hnrobert42 4y agoBut, I mean, you did just make that up.
- _8j50 4y agoThe fact that asset can be seized without any due process based on suspicion alone? How did I make that up? That's what the whole topic is about.