… information related to civil asset forfeiture. Police and prosecutors … property forfeited occurred in Wayne County. This is likely because the county has a system set up to seize … county takes ownership. Wayne County is the largest county in … data varies greatly from Wayne County’s. The Oakland County sheriff’s …
Wayne County, which includes the city of Detroit, has long run … precedent may soon be set. Wayne County law enforcement officers … having it forfeited to the county government. The county can … People can challenge a forfeiture in court, but it is expensive … studying to become a nurse at Wayne County Community College. She …
… charged with any crime, Wayne County then forfeited (took ownership) … that has fought civil asset forfeiture for decades, represented … Legislative changes have limited forfeiture, and this court decision … that Michigan law says a forfeiture can only be effectuated … least as it relates to drug forfeitures, must meet that standard. …
… charged with a crime, but Wayne County says nothing has been acted … crime. Under civil asset forfeiture laws, police can legally … reform Michigan’s civil asset forfeiture laws. This work helped pass … criminal conviction prior to forfeiture, in most cases. The bill … remaining in Michigan’s forfeiture law. The first problem …
… in cases of civil asset forfeiture. The background of the … applies to civil in rem forfeitures. We disagree.” Michigan … activity. The state’s largest county, Wayne County, pulls people over in areas … police and prosecutors employ forfeiture to take someone’s property …
… property through civil asset forfeiture. According to documents … Legislature reform civil asset forfeiture and require a criminal conviction … previously worked in the Wayne County prosecutor’s office, which processes a lot of forfeitures every year. Here’s an excerpt … will not use civil asset forfeiture. But, if someone is found …
… property through civil asset forfeiture. Some police and prosecutors … distorted picture of how forfeiture is actually used in Michigan. … objected to a conviction-before-forfeiture requirement. He argued that … The bills actually allow forfeiture to proceed under current … subjective standard. In Wayne County, this means seizing the …
… exploiting laws on civil asset forfeiture. Forfeiture is a process by which the … people. Improvements in forfeiture laws in recent years have … of a crime. About 75% of forfeiture cases in Michigan are processed … without a court’s scrutiny. Wayne County recently received a rebuke …
