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Montana legislature passes asset forfeiture reform law

April 24, 2015 /

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The Montana state legislature recently voted through a bill that limits the use of asset forfeiture, a tool often used by law enforcement agencies to seize the property of people who have never been convicted of any crime, and keep the profits for themselves. In many cases, property is seized despite the fact that the owner has not done anything wrong, merely based on extremely weak evidence that it might have been used to commit some offense.

By Ilya Somin

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/04/24/montana-legislature-passes-asset-forfeiture-reform/

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