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Civil Asset Forfeiture

Civil Asset Forfeiture Hearings   Wisconsin Legislature Senate Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety Held a public hearing on Senate Bill 521 relating to Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016, and on Assembly Bill 537 on Thursday Jan. 28,2016

   This is Larry Gambles Testimony presented at the senate hearing
(Tuesday January 26, 2016)
           And on Thursday January 28, 2014 the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
                   Held a hearing on Assembly Bill 537.
            This is the handout by Tim Dake and Larry Gamble that accompanied testimony at that hearing.

     Civil Asset Forfeiture


   You may wish to peruse a two page Primer on Civil Asset Forfeiture which is likely to spark an interest.
                You may also find a more comprehensive review of our position statement on this topic informative.

    Then contact your state representatives to voice your support for reform: WI State Leg. Directory Lookup

Wisconsin Legislation Reform Progress:

You can read the Bill as it is currently written (as of Nov 4, 2015) by the LRB.

Check out: Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse on YouTube

    Civil Asset Forfeiture in the News

Heritage Foundation booklet: Arresting Your Property    www.heritage.org/ForfeitureReform

Heritage Foundation: More examples of Forfeiture Abuse of Laws www.heritage.org/ForfeitureAbuse

Rep Sensenbrenner- Jan 2015- Congress to reform outdated and unfair civil forfeiture laws
    http://1.usa.gov/1QgBiWa

Policing for Profit: Institute for Justice “Ending Forfeiture Abuse”: http://bit.ly/1QmctWb

      Jon Stossel: http://bit.ly/1K6QkeD              Washington Post: http://bit.ly/1I8GwOZ

       N I-40 Shakedown: http://bit.ly/1M0rxYb    CATO report: http://bit.ly/1G1uBTE

Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Get Your Stuff Back After the Cops Seize it:   http://read.bi/1PM7umu

Wisconsin: 5/21/2012: WI Brown County specifically tells family to bring cash for bail money http://huff.to/1DK61V0 and       here http://bit.ly/1J45bWo and again here: http://bit.ly/1HvlWFP

Fox Valley: Metro Enforcement Group nets $325,000 from $394,000 in seizures during 2012 http://bit.ly/1HKikT5

Kenosha: 01/25/2015: Sheriff Dan Ruth said “The old way was to just seize it”: http://bit.ly/1dwsWv0

St. Croix County: 09/22/2014: County Steps Up Efforts to Keep Confiscated Cash
http://bit.ly/1dwsWv0

Heritage Foundation: 04/20/2015: Good Intentions gone awry     http://herit.ag/1DzIP8U

Forbes- 04/16/2015: Disabled Vet loses $60,000 after traffic stop where he did not get a ticket http://onforb.es/1b55JOs (Will take a little hunting)

Philadelphia: 2002- 2012 over 1,000 homes, 3,200 vehicles and $44 million in cash seized ( URL to be relocated )

New Mexico: 04/10/2015: Gov. signs legislation requiring conviction of a crime to take property http://bit.ly/1NrL3C1

Florida: 04/08/2015 Florida legislature to introduce Civil Asset Reform Legislation http://dailysign.al/1OcaqIz

Iowa: 03/28/2015: Iowa Forfeiture “A system of legal thievery” http://dmreg.co/1II4gco

Georgia: 03/26/2015: IRS seizes $940,000 from Veteran and Gun Shop Owner http://bit.ly/1yPlhkW

Forbes: 03/25/2015: Feds want Banks to notify them if you withdraw $5,000 or more http://onforb.es/1G1jad3 (Will take a little hunting)

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