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by InclinedPlane
4225 days ago
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Civil forfeiture does not require a criminal conviction of the owner of the property. Most importantly, in civil forfeiture it's not the owner who is on trial, it's the property. And unlike criminal law which works on the premise of presumption of innocence and requirements of proof of guilt "beyond reasonable doubt", asset forfeiture works based on civil law and the standard of "preponderance of evidence" (or a >50% probability of guilt). |
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