Episode 8. The Forge of Freedom – What is Civil Asset Forfeiture?

Show Notes:
Episode 8. The Forge of Freedom – What is Civil Asset Forfeiture?

In this episode, Alex Ooley discusses “Civil Asset Forfeiture,” the often abused practice of taking property of someone suspected of a crime and often without having a conviction.

Timbs v. Indiana:
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2018/17-1091

Civil Asset Forfeiture: 7 Things You Should Know
https://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/03/civil-asset-forfeiture-7-things-you-should-know

A History of Civil Asset Forfeiture in America: Pirates, Mob Bosses, and the War on Drugs
https://fee.org/articles/a-history-of-civil-asset-forfeiture-in-america-pirates-mob-bosses-and-the-war-on-drugs/

Does Forfeiture Work?
https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/does-forfeiture-work-web.pdf

The questionable ethics of civil forfeiture
https://f3magazine.unicri.it/?p=1501

Policing for Profit
https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-3/

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