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  2. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, equitable sharing "effectively subverts the will and intent of the state legislatures" and has been criticized by prominent civil rights attorney and property rights advocate Scott Bullock as being a "complete violation" of the principle of federalism. [14] Extent of abuse. Proponents and critics differ about the extent of cases in ...

  3. Asset forfeiture - Wikipedia

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    Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities.In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation.It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Confiscation - Wikipedia

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    Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.

  6. Court tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing ...

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    Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section ...

  7. Lawsuit argues Missouri’s control of Kansas City Police ...

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    Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and the Board of Police Commissioners, including Mayor Quinton Lucas, were listed as defendants. Most did ...

  8. Caniglia v. Strom - Wikipedia

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    Issuing a summary judgement, the district court ruled that Caniglia 's due process rights were infringed because the police failed to return his property or instruct him on retrieving his firearms after he was deemed safe. However, the court denied his other claims of conversion, violation of the RIMHL, and violation of 4th Amendment rights.

  9. Plain view doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The police may not move objects in order to obtain a better view, and the officer may not be in a location unlawfully. These limitations were detailed in the case of Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321 (1987). The plain view doctrine only eliminates the warrant requirement, not the probable cause requirement.