The Justice Department just shut down a huge asset forfeiture program

Asset forfeiture has become an increasingly contentious practice in recent years. It lets police seize and keep cash and property from people who are never convicted — and in many cases, never charged — with wrongdoing.

By Christopher Ingraham

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