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by _8j50 1491 days ago
In Justice period. The victims often have no relation to crime or criminal prosecution.

It's not a bug, it's a feature. The system is working as intended. It is no accident that the US has #1 incarceration rate on the planet. A significant portion of the population and and even higher portion of those in government believe manipulation and control of certain groups in the population is more important than any notion of justice or law an order. Their love for their country pales in comparison to their hatred and greed.
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Hnrobert42 1491 days ago
> The victims often have no relation to crime or criminal prosecution.

What does this mean?

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_8j50 1491 days ago
Let's say someone smoked weed outside your house and right off your property, your house can be taken by the police even if you have no relation with the person and they did not enter your property because your lack of relationship or their history at your property is contested by the government and your house itself is the accused and the evidence therefore being an inanimate object that can't defend itself it now belongs to them. Can't make this up lol
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Hnrobert42 1491 days ago
But, I mean, you did just make that up.
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_8j50 1490 days ago
The fact that asset can be seized without any due process based on suspicion alone? How did I make that up? That's what the whole topic is about.
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ncmncm 1491 days ago
Somebody else used their property to e.g. transport contraband. Often enough, stole it.

Wasn't long ago a twin engine Beechcraft was stolen, used, and confiscated. The owner never got it back because the DEA argued they needed it.

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