How do you feel about asset forfeiture laws?
Do you feel it’s justifiable for law enforcement on either the local, state or federal level to seize the property of a person, even if they were convicted of a crime? This question also pertains to both civil and criminal asset forfeitures.
I was motivated to ask this question because I’ve been reading about law enforcement seizing the assets of people not even charged with crimes. However, one could easily conclude that taking the property that others paid for with their hard earned money simply for committing minor criminal offenses is ultimately what planted the seeds for the former example of abuse by law enforcement to begin with, at least in my opinion.
I was also intrigued by this topic since voters in some states that supported reforms have had their wishes die off anyways it seems. It appears that law enforcement in states like Utah have found loopholes to get around the asset forfeiture reforms that voters originally supported. What is your opinion of asset forfeiture laws, and how they should be enforced?