[ExI] cart before horse

[SR Ballard]

Civil asset forfeiture actually isn’t a charge against the person doing something illegal, but against the STUFF being illegal. It’s bizarre and doesn’t follow normal law rules. 

Bc of this they have funny names like “plymouth sedan vs. Pennsylvania”.

SR Ballard

> On Sep 16, 2021, at 4:12 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Why isn't that law unconstitutional?  It assumes that a person is guilty of drug dealing with no proof but the money.  bill w
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>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 1:58 PM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 2:39 PM MB via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> My neighbor bought a new car with cash.
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>> Assuming we're talking about actual paper currency, carrying large amounts is very dangerous due to the practice of Civil Asset Forfeiture. Cops can take and keep it on the grounds that they think it was obtained illegally.
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>> -Dave
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