Yes, civil asset forfeiture denies innocent people of their right to due process
Oklahoma has some of the worst civil asset forfeiture laws in the country. According to FreedomWorks’ state scorecard, Civil Asset Forfeiture: Grading the States, the standard of proof the…
Conservatives and progressives come together to protect innocent Oklahomans property rights
The effort to reform Oklahoma’s terrible civil asset forfeiture laws has brought together unlikely bedfellows from the ideologically opposed think tanks. In an op-ed published on Sunday, Terry England, vice…
Michigan police endorse reforms to protect innocent property owners from government overreach
Abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws can harm law enforcement’s vital relationships with communities, especially at a time when their activities are coming under heightened scrutiny. Realizing this, the Michigan…
Desert Snow: The company that teaches the government how to take innocent people’s property
Over the last several weeks, FreedomWorks has released two publications discussing in detail the problems with civil asset forfeiture. First, we released Civil Asset Forfeiture: Grading the States, which,…
Lawsuit seeks to protect innocent property owners from Arizona’s unconstitutional forfeiture laws
Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture laws lack any real protections for law-abiding citizens and their property. In direct contradiction with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, which guarantee the right of due…
From High Seas to Highway Robbery: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Became One of the Worst Forms of Government Overreach
Perhaps one of the most frequent questions FreedomWorks gets from our grassroots community when they hear the many stories of innocent people whose property has been wrongfully taken from them…
Here’s why Oklahoma should eliminate the perverse profit motive behind civil asset forfeiture
Oklahoma state Sen. Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City) introduced legislation near the end of the 2015 session hoping that it would begin a conversation about reform of the Sooner State’s terrible…
Unlikely allies in the California Legislature urge colleagues to protect innocent people from abuse of federal forfeiture law
UPDATE: The Assembly Public Safety Committee unanimously approved SB 443 on Tuesday, though it was amended. The bill will have to go through the Appropriations Committee before it heads…
Carrying cash is not a crime: DEA stole nearly $44,000 from a law-abiding entrepreneur
Vu Do, the owner of two nail salons in New York City, was traveling through John F. Kennedy International Airport in February on his way to California with nearly $44,000…
New Mexico’s new protections for innocent property owners should not be weakened
In its most recent session, the New Mexico Legislature passed a comprehensive bill aimed at protecting innocent property owners from government overreach. Prior to the passage of HB 560, the…