Civil asset forfeiture creates an inappropriate profit motive for predatory policing, it distorts the priorities of law enforcement, and it tramples our constitutional principles.
In the first episode of "What the President Should Do"—a new Cato web
series addressing ways President Obama can use his executive authority
in his final year in office to make the U.S. a freer and happier
place—criminal justice analyst Adam Bates lays out an actionable plan to
end the insidious practice of civil asset forfeiture.
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