More asset forfeiture seizure

This story was in the Las Vegas Review Journal today.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/examining-controversial-practice-asset-forfeiture-nevada

This happens more than you know in Nevada. Poker players and BJ players in particular I know got into situations like this. Not for such big amount in the article but still a good sum of money. Some folks I know are still fighting through the legal process and have not gotten their money back. Another are negotiating for a lower unspecified amount. The last one is a total major WTF.

Seems I read this somewhere:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, pa- pers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describ- ing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infa- mous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

That does sound very familier..

Quote: DMSCR

This happens more than you know in Nevada. Poker players and BJ players in particular I know got into situations like this. Not for such big amount in the article but still a good sum of money. Some folks I know are still fighting through the legal process and have not gotten their money back. Another are negotiating for a lower unspecified amount. The last one is a total major WTF.

Not just in Nevada,this is happening all over the country.New Mexico ,Minnesota and a couple other states have changed or are trying to change their laws.The police unions are fighting back,they don't want the gravy train of policing for profit
to end.

Uh Oh. Oklahoma is full of greedy cops.

http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime

Quote: EvenBob

Uh Oh. Oklahoma is full of greedy cops.

http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime

Oklahoma sucks on so many levels, but it's super cheap to live here and I have a pretty decent job.

Quote: TigerWu

Oklahoma sucks on so many levels, but it's super cheap to live here....

Such a coincidence that those two things usually go together

Quote: TigerWu

Oklahoma sucks on so many levels, but it's super cheap to live here and I have a pretty decent job.

My son was stationed at an AFB there
for a year and said it was like doing time.