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Forfeiture Funds Fancy Food for Officials

Loaded on March 1, 2018 by Edward Lyon

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Forfeiture, Property. Location: Tennessee.

by Edward B. Lyon

Federal laws allow state and local police agencies to seize private property and keep it whether or not its rightful owner is charged with or convicted of a crime. States participating in the equitable sharing forfeiture program keep up to 80 percent of the proceeds. Equitable ...

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