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U.S. v. $167,070.00 in U.S. Currency, No. 3:13-CV-00324-LRH-VPC (D.Nev.) (112 F.Supp.3d 1108) (June 12, 2015) (Judge Larry R. Hicks)

Loaded on March 28, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists March 28, 2016
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Probable Cause.

This is another outrageous asset forfeiture case that shows how Federal law both enables and encourages the police to become bandits with a badge.

First, a little background. The Institute for Justice (IJ), which claims to be the Right Wing's preeminent public interest law firm, committed to "challenging government's control ...

 

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