#civil-asset-forfeiture on Hacker News

2 stories tagged civil-asset-forfeiture, newest first.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules (reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

332 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 135 comments

Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.