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Not Guilty Verdicts Will Now Protect People From Civil Forfeiture In Utah (Unlike Almost 40 States)
(From Forbes)
In the bizarre legal world of civil forfeiture, innocent owners must prove their innocence, prosecutors sue the property itself, and, in a Kafkaesque twist, the government can permanently confiscate property even if the owner was found not guilty. Thanks to a two-track system, civil forfeiture shreds due process. While the owners are prosecuted in criminal court, forfeiture litigation against the property proceeds in civil court, which has fewer safeguards and requires less evidence for the government to prevail. That can lead to bizarre case outcomes, like a Minnesota man who was acquitted of burglary, but still had to forfeit his car.
Thankfully, this travesty of justice is now outlawed in Utah.
http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/
Source: http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2017/04/not-guilty-verdicts-will-now-protect-people-from-civil-forfeiture-in-utah-unlike-almost-40-states/
