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A new study exposes the lie that civil forfeiture fights crime
Law enforcement agencies claim to fight crime when they seize and keep cash without securing a conviction. But new peer-reviewed research undercuts the narrative. The study, published in Criminal Justice Review Nov. 3, finds that crime rates did not worsen in New Mexico when the state eliminated civil forfeiture, a law enforcement maneuver that allows the government to seize and permanently keep cash, cars and other valuables without proving wrongdoing in criminal court. In most cases, civil forfeiture does not require proof of anything by any standard in any court. Even an arrest is optional. Agencies that see something they want during a traffic stop, airport search or other encou

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