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by Dave2
Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:57 pm
Forum: Other States
Topic: NM passes no more forfeiture without conviction
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Re: NM passes no more forfeiture without conviction

android wrote:This is absolutely how it should be done.
Yeah, sorta, I guess... But IMHO that's like saying a law which prohibits the government from getting bored and bulldozing somebody's house is "how it should be done"... It's better than a law stating the opposite, but the simple fact that it's become necessary means we're past the canary in the coal mine WRT government corruption.

Speaking of which I'm kinda curious about the legal justification for it working any other way... I mean if the government's premise is that they can seize the assets of criminals because <reasons>, they can't continue to use the same justifications once they've failed to prove you're a criminal. Wouldn't laws that state otherwise be a violation of the 4th amendment?

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