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  2. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Prosecutors and police have a strong incentive to seize property since the funds can be used to pay expenses of the District Attorney's office, including salaries. Over a ten-year period, the forfeiture money collected was $25 million in Philadelphia, with seized funds being used to pay salaries for people working in the District Attorney's ...

  3. Police Cannot Seize Property Indefinitely After an Arrest ...

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    The plaintiffs each had their property seized by D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Five of the plaintiffs were arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Adams Morgan ...

  4. Police in Ohio can seize property without criminal convictions

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    Feb. 13—Law enforcement agencies across the region and state sometimes seize and keep cash and property without criminally charging or convicting the people they take it from. Local police ...

  5. Kansas police seize property without criminal charges, but ...

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    Over the past four years, Kansas law enforcement seized $23.1 million in cash and property allegedly linked to criminal activity. Most of the time, owners never tried to take it back.

  6. Search warrant - Wikipedia

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    Police can seize both property and persons under a search warrant. The rationale is that evidence police collect without a search warrant may not be sufficient to convict, but may be sufficient to suggest that a warrant would allow police to find enough evidence to convict.

  7. Asset forfeiture - Wikipedia

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    On April 17, 2014, the State of Texas seized the YFZ Ranch, a one time Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community that housed as many as 700 people when it was raided by Texas on March 29, 2008. [34] [35] Under Texas law, authorities can seize property that was used to commit or facilitate certain criminal conduct.

  8. Aaron Pierre explains how “Rebel Ridge ”exposes the real ...

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    On his way, local police seize the cash he's carrying for bail, falsely accusing him of obtaining the money illegally. This is where most people would call an attorney if they can afford one, but ...

  9. Confiscation - Wikipedia

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    As a punishment, it differs from a fine in that it is not primarily meant to match the crime but rather reattributes the criminal's ill-gotten spoils (often as a complement to the actual punishment for the crime itself; still common with various kinds of contraband, such as protected living organisms) to the community or even aims to rob them of their socio-economic status, in the extreme case ...