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To examine the scope of asset forfeiture since the terror attacks, The Post analyzed a database of hundreds of thousands of seizure records at the Justice Department, reviewed hundreds of federal court cases, obtained internal records from training firms and interviewed scores of police officers, prosecutors and motorists.
But a new report dropped Tuesday by the libertarian nonprofit Institute of Justice describes an explosion in civil asset forfeiture since the 1980s.
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More than half the country has enacted civil forfeiture reform since 2014.
The incident raises concerns that some prosecutors could be swayed on civil forfeiture cases since they could benefit -- sometimes personally -- from their outcome.
But cases fighting forfeiture are rare, since hiring a lawyer to fight the case often costs far more than whatever was seized. .
But cases fighting forfeiture are rare, since hiring a lawyer to fight the case often costs far more than the initial amount seized. .
Since the forfeiture judgment was not entered until after petitioner's trial, the State could not rely on it to justify the search.
According to Department of Justice statistics, seizures have increased dramatically each year since the forfeiture program began.
Since asset forfeiture laws at the time allowed the county to keep all cash seized during a drug bust, Juarez says tactics changed.
Since the forfeiture action is against the property, the owner is a third party claimant requesting to be heard by the court.
He said an assistant U.S. attorney under Haag recently told a federal judge that the Cole memo "is not retroactive," even though other federal prosecutors in California have since dropped forfeiture cases against other facilities.
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