… reforms made to Michigan’s forfeiture laws have led to fewer cases … problem with Michigan’s forfeiture laws is that too many cases … processed through the civil forfeiture system. Legal rules and deadlines used in civil forfeitures create many hoops people … instrumental to the crime. In Wayne County, for instance, law enforcement …
1 “Civil Forfeiture Reforms on the State Level” (Institute for … https://perma.cc/7D6P-AHUZ. 11 “Michigan Forfeiture” (Institute for Justice, … Hunter and Doug Guthrie, “Wayne Co. profits from police property … Criminal Activity Charged, Wayne County” (Michigan House Judiciary … 333.7523(1). 27 Tyler Arnold, “Wayne County Doubling Down On Forfeiture …
… have endured through asset forfeiture. There are likely several … engineering and lives in Van Buren County. He is a medical marijuana … Thomas Williams of St. Joseph County said he spent 10 hours in … search warrant in Shiawassee County and found marijuana plants … back up. An officer with Wayne County Sheriff’s Morality Unit …
… the current civil asset forfeiture system is structured in … to seize property through forfeiture laws. For example, Republican … 70-year-old Joseph Puertas’s Oakland County home and business were raided … their safes if the County’s forfeiture of these assets is approved … Michael J. Talbot of the Wayne County Circuit Court ordered forfeiture …
… stories about victims of forfeiture laws, see Bovard, supra … Assets at Center of Fierce Forfeiture Battle, Detroit Free Press, … Toxicologist for Florida’s Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office, … A License to Steal: The Forfeiture of Property 136 (1996). … discretion. See People ex rel Wayne Co. Prosecutor v. Tate, 306 …
As a result of civil forfeiture laws, innocent citizens all over the country … engineering and lives in Van Buren County. He is a medical marijuana patient, … 2013, Thomas Williams of St. Joseph County said he spent 10 hours in handcuffs … waiting for Vaughn, an officer with Wayne County Sheriff’s Morality Unit accused …
… Golembiewski, "Sprawl Squeezes Tri-County," Lansing State Journal, July … its city limits. Data on county population and land use are taken from County Agricultural Statistics, 1996 … percent of the sites were in Wayne, Oakland, Ingham, and Crawford … Kochan, "Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens' …
