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IPFS News Link • Property Rights

Minnesota Now Requires A Criminal Conviction Before People Can Lose Their Property To Forfeiture

• Forbes
In a big win for property rights and due process, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday to curb an abusive—and little known—police practice called civil forfeiture. Unlike criminal forfeiture, under civil forfeiture someone does not have to be convicted of a crime, or even charged with one, to permanently lose his or her cash, car or home....

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