> Silk Road is less obvious, but forfeiture and sale of drug dealers' assets is almost standard. My understanding is that those assets cannot be liquified (at

> Silk Road is less obvious, but forfeiture and sale of drug dealers' assets is almost standard. My understanding is that those assets cannot be liquified (at the goverment's profit!) until after the trial takes place and the defendant is convicted. Otherwise, what happens if the government declares you to be a drug dealer, seizes all your assets and sells them before you're tried, and then you end up being acquitted?