U.S. v. $129,727 U.S. Currency, No. 96-55606 (9th Cir.) (129 F.3d 486) (November 3, 1997) (Judge Thomas G. Nelson)
Loaded on Dec. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
December 22, 1997
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Quote from former Associate Director of DOJ's Asset Forfeiture Program describing the Alice-in-Wonderland attitude of the forfeiture laws.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - The forfeiture laws - legalized treasure hunts.
David B. Smith, the former Associate Director of the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Office, and who is thus obviously …
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