Download This PaperContesting the Government's Financial Interest in Drug Cases
Criminal Justice, Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 4, 1999
14 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last revised: 25 Dec 2012
Date Written: 1999
Abstract
This article examines federal forfeiture laws, which enable local and state law enforcement agencies to retain 80% of the drug related assets they seize. It notes the perverse policy incentives created by these laws, and inventories constitutional and statutory objections to its provisions.
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Blumenson, Eric and Nilsen, Eva S., Contesting the Government's Financial Interest in Drug Cases (1999). Criminal Justice, Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 4, 1999, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 12-57, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2192659
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