Forfeiture

What civil asset forfeiture means
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/04/economist-explains-7

Fighting crime through superior steak

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/10/asset-forfeiture?fsrc=explainsdig

A truck in the dock
How the police can seize your stuff when you have not been proven guilty of anything

http://www.economist.com/node/16219747?fsrc=explainsdig

In most states the police can seize property they suspect has been used to commit a crime. Under "civil asset forfeiture" laws, they typically do not have to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that a crime was committed, or even charge anyone with an offence.

Robocops

How America's police armed itself to the teeth

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarisation of America's Police Forces.

By Radley Balko. PublicAffairs; 382 pages; $27.99.

http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21581705-how-americas-police-armed-itself-teeth-robocops?fsrc=explainsdig

Big Brother Takes the T-Bird Away

http://reason.com/archives/2002/11/12/big-brother-takes-the-t-bird-a

The name of the case says a lot: State of New Jersey v. One 1990 Ford Thunderbird.

The Thunderbird was not available for comment.

Freed by Bronx Legal Logjam and Adding to List of Victims

NYT 22 June 2013 Justice Denided 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/nyregion/freed-by-bronx-legal-logjam-and-adding-to-list-of-victims.html?hp&_r=1&

State of Equality and Justice in America

The Presumption of Guilt

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/state-of-equality-and-justice-in-america-the-presumption-of-guilt/2013/05/17/49a51a42-bf07-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_blog.html





After serving 42 years in an
Arizona prison for a crime he didn’t commit, a 58-year-old man was finally
released this April.

Divorce court weds power and privacy

Judges help the wealthy and well-connected, from lawmakers to a billionaire CEO, keep their family matters secret in Cook County
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-27/news/ct-met-hidden-cases-domestic-20130427_1_entire-case-files-court-system-judges

Your courts Their Secrets
http://seattletimes.com/html/yourcourtstheirsecrets/

Many DAs, judges, lawmakers stay in office after DWIs

American-Statesman 23 April 2013
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/many-das-judges-lawmakers-stay-in-office-after-dwi/nXR5M/

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