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Asset forfeiture – also called “policing for profit” – has come under scrutiny from courts and legislatures. Elliot Abrams provides defense lawyers with recent updates to forfeiture law, primarily focusing on pretrial seizure and attorney’s fees. Courts are taking a hard look at forfeiture and pretrial seizures, and lawyers should continue bringing statutory challenges to actions that appear to violate statutory language or a defendant’s fundamental rights.
On October 16, 2014, Representative Sensenbrenner wrote a letter to Thomas S. Winkowski, the Acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Sensenbrenner inquired about learning more on the topic of administrative pardon of property and information on the petitions filled.
On October 16, 2014, Representative Sensenbrenner wrote a letter to the Honorable Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Sensenbrenner inquired about learning more on the topic of administrative pardon of property and information on the petitions filled.
Letter to members of Congress regarding much-needed reforms to federal civil asset forfeiture laws, as addressed in the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act of 2015 (H.R. 540/S. 255)
Letter to members of Congress regarding much-needed reforms to federal civil asset forfeiture law as addressed in the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2014 (H.R. 5212).
Coalition letter to members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees regarding proposed reforms to federal forfeiture law.
Letter to the U.S. Courts Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure Advisory Committee on Civil Rules regarding the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000.
Follow-up letter to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure Advisory Committee on Civil Rules regarding the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000.
Board member and Forfeiture Committee chair David B. Smith's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding international money laundering and the U.S. financial system.
President Gerald Goldstein's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice regarding government and law enforcement conduct in the 1993 confrontation between Branch Davidians and law enforcement in Waco, TX, and proposed changes in Exclusionary Rule Reform Act of 1995 (H.R. 666) and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1995 (S. 3).
NACDL Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chair Samuel Buffone's written statement to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight regarding the use of federal asset forfeiture.
Asset Forfeiture Abuse Task Force co-chairs E.E. (Bo) Edwards, David B. Smith, and Richard Troberman's statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (H.R. 1916, 1995) and federal asset forfeiture programs.
Susan Davis's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1997 (H.R. 1965).
President-elect Gerald B. Lefcourt's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1997 (H.R. 1965).
Attorney David B. Smith's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1997 (H.R. 1965).
