Under
asset forfeiture laws, agencies such as Nassau and Suffolk police can take cash, cars, homes and other property linked to local and federal probes and then sell them at auction.
75 years ago, the Federal thugs who use
asset forfeiture laws to steal would have been unthinkable.
The biggest risk for real estate is federal civil
asset forfeiture laws.
Not exact matches
In 2014, Spota spokesman Robert Clifford, when questioned about the program, only would say in line with other assertions that the office's activities are legal: «The Suffolk County District Attorney's office complies with the
law and [state and federal
asset forfeiture] guidelines at all times,» the statement said.
Clifford said the use of
asset forfeiture funds to pay stipends to assistant district attorneys is allowable under state and federal
law.
«The Senators and House of Representatives members should first make corruption or stealing of public funds attract death sentence, they should introduce a strict
law on
asset forfeiture for persons who corruptly and criminally enrich themselves.
Cuomo, ahead of his 2018 «State of the State» address this afternoon, said his reforms would overhaul antiquated
laws governing bail, discovery, the right to a speedy trial and the
forfeiture of
assets.
A new report by the Canadian Constitution Foundation and Institute for Liberal Studies says the civil
forfeiture laws are cash grabs for provincial governments, which have collected millions of dollars in
assets as proceeds of crime.
Law enforcement officers usually don't have much to gain from lying (although this equation changes a law when police department can receive assets seized in civil forfeitures that they are involved in) and usually they want people who are «bad guys» to be in jail to protect «good guys» although they aren't always very concerned about the means by which they achieve these en
Law enforcement officers usually don't have much to gain from lying (although this equation changes a
law when police department can receive assets seized in civil forfeitures that they are involved in) and usually they want people who are «bad guys» to be in jail to protect «good guys» although they aren't always very concerned about the means by which they achieve these en
law when police department can receive
assets seized in civil
forfeitures that they are involved in) and usually they want people who are «bad guys» to be in jail to protect «good guys» although they aren't always very concerned about the means by which they achieve these ends.
This sounds like part of a
law school exam question: The (US) government files an indictment against an outlaw biker gang and seeks
forfeiture of its
assets.
A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption
Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and
asset forfeiture to make restitution.
In fact, a conviction under the New York Enterprise Corruption
Law — the state's version of the federal RICO statute, can result in a state prison sentence of up to 25 years, significant fines,
asset forfeiture, restitution and more.
Christopher F. Morales of The Morales
Law Firm has defended clients against drug crimes and
asset forfeiture since 1991.
Asset forfeiture cases have become a very big deal to
law enforcement agencies throughout the region, and they will use this tool to take away your property regardless of what ends up happening in your criminal case.
While many activists have been pushing for reform in the area of
asset forfeiture for years, the US Department of Justice revived a federal program that allows
law enforcement to engage in the practice of
asset forfeiture in local and state jurisdictions where it has been outlawed.