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By: quercus

Deodands...sounds crazy yes, but as O.W. Holmes remarked, even a civilized person will kick the door that stubs their toe.

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By: dfowler

Article 420! Yeahhhhh!

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By: snarfodox

It should be noted that these laws have been reformed over time both in legislation and through court challenges, but there are a huge number of them and whenever they are set back the legislators...

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By: snarfodox

taumeson: these cases are civil cases against property, not people and therefore don't allow for constitutional protections such as double jeopardy. In 1999 the Chairman of the House Committee on the...

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By: taumeson

you know, i kind of like the idea of deodands, in the sense of "hit 'em where it hurts--their wallet". admittedly i'm not in favor of the law, because of how badly it can be misused, but i can...

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By: dejah420

wow, snarfodox, that does add an interesting bit of info.

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By: snarfodox

This is not just 'drug war law' by the way. There are forfeiture statutes to handle fraud, gambling, money laundering or even aiding the return of a banished person onto Pawnee land. I could go on. My...

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By: Bag Man

Um, civil forfeiture. No big.

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By: dfowler

They are police, and they think they're doing their jobs. Our justice system, in cases like this, seeks to and succeeds in clarifying exactly what that job is.

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By: putzface_dickman

I didn't know about deodands. In a recent documentary on Shakespeare the presenter, Michael Wood, recounted the story of a killing from the court records. I thought it was odd that the record mentioned...

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By: sklero

cheese steak?

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By: sklero

"Hmmm, I'm hungry. Next on the docket, United States vs. that philly cheesteak over there."

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By: Kwantsar

Justice would be served if the thugs who confiscated the money were fined or imprisoned.

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By: dfowler

Very interesting case... it looks to me like justice was served. I wonder how long it will take her to get her dough back. Will the government give her cash, or the cashier's check they converted her...

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The New Deodands?

The new deodands? You too can enjoy the spoils of law. To be clear: it isn't the person that they're prosecuting, it's the cash, the house, the boat, the clothing... hence case names like 'United...

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