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Due Processless Civil Asset Forfeitures in Houston, Texas
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2022
by Edward Lyon
published in Criminal Legal News
January, 2023, page 50
Filed under:
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).
Location:
Texas.
by Ed Lyon
Houston, Harris County, Texas, is the fourth largest city in the nation, as well as the largest city in Texas. Preceding the Blue Wave of female reformist judges elected in 2018 [See: CLN, April 2019, p.38], Democrat Kim Ogg soundly defeated the incumbent Republican by a ...
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- Prosecutorial Extortion: Alleged Drug Dealer Agrees to $300,000 Seizure in Face of Charges Threatened Against Entire Family, Aug. 10, 2022. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).
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- Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Prompts Class Action Lawsuit, April 15, 2021. Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).
- Cops in Missouri Exploit Loophole to Seize $2.6 Million from Innocent Citizens, May 15, 2020. Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).
- U.S. v. Causey, No. CRIM.A. H-04-025 (S.D.Tex.) (309 F.Supp.2d 917) (March 18, 2004) (Judge Simeon T. III Lake), May 1, 2004. Punch And Jurists, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).
- U.S. v. Real Property in Section 9, No. 98-2261 (6th Cir.) (241 F.3d 796) (March 1, 2001) (Judge Gilbert S. Merritt), April 1, 2001. Punch And Jurists, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA).