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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (3991)7/1/2001 8:57:32 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
Read this, Commissar:
Message 16019563

This appears to me to be a gross abuse of due process. I have heard of many cases of the sort that article discusses: someone is accused of drug dealing, their cars, house, boat, whatever are confiscated by the government and sold. (And if the bust is made by a non-federal agency, such as your local sheriff, they get a cut. My, my, what a nice swindle. And what an incentive for false accusation!)

Later the person is acquitted. Found not guilty by a jury. Do they get their property back? Nope.

Do you not see a problem here? If so, since this scam has been held to be legal by the coiurts, what is to be done about it?

Don't you think maybe we should hold onto our guns a while longer if the government is going to engage in behavour such as this?
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