[SilasX]

>Civil forfeiture isn't a punishment for guilt or innocence. It's an adjudication that, more likely than not, nobody has an interest in the property that the law will protect.

"The law will no longer protect the ownership of this cash."

'Ah, cool, so it's basically no-man's land, can't count on police to recognize it as robbable, I'll keep that in mind when I take it ho--"

"NO! That is now property of the US government! Step back, thief of legitimate property!"

[rayiner]

"This land doesn't belong to anyone; the U.S. government can therefore claim it as its own."