21 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 17 Sep \ on: Civil asset forfeiture Politics_And_Law
This case was really outrageous.
https://reason.com/2023/12/06/the-fbi-seized-their-safe-deposit-boxes-now-a-federal-court-will-hear-the-case/
Governments say cash payments are associated with criminal activity, then seize the cash without proof. It's pure theft. In the jurisdiction where I practiced it was just understood that a defendant would never get back any personal property that was seized during a search, whether the person was found guilty or not. I tried, but was always told the items were lost. I have even had cases where the FBI did this.
This was in Beverly Hills. I remember this seizure.
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One of the lawyers arguing the case
Ninth circuit tends to be motivated by politics not legal principles
When the case went before a lower court last year, federal Judge Gary Klausner ruled that the FBI's inventory of the seized safe deposit boxes was legal, despite acknowledging that attorneys for the plaintiffs "have certainly shown that the government had a dual motive in inventorying the contents of each deposit box."
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