Source: Techdirt.com
Another state legislature has decided it’s time to start scaling back civil asset forfeiture. Ohio’s Senate is the latest to pass a bill targeting the worst excesses of property seizures, as Reason’s CJ Ciaramella reports. The bill passed both the Ohio senate and house by wide margins, despite opposition from law enforcement groups. If it is signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Ohio will join 17 other states in recent years that has overhauled their civil asset forfeiture laws in…
Ohio Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill That Removes Lots Of Bad Incentives

Source: Techdirt.com
Another state legislature has decided it’s time to start scaling back civil asset forfeiture. Ohio’s Senate is the latest to pass a bill targeting the worst excesses of property seizures, as Reason’s CJ Ciaramella reports. The bill passed both the Ohio senate and house by wide margins, despite opposition from law enforcement groups. If it is signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Ohio will join 17 other states in recent years that has overhauled their civil asset forfeiture laws in…
Ohio Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill That Removes Lots Of Bad Incentives