Asset Forfeiture

Renk: Finally we bring due process back into the law in Michigan.

We have been speaking about asset forfeiture here in Michigan for years and how citizens of Michigan assets are taken without a crime being charged. Well according to the Michigan Capitol Confidential 10% of people living in Michigan had their assets taken by the state in 2016 and were not charged with a crime...

First let us define what Civil Asset Forfeiture is, according to the Heritage Foundations website: It is a legal tool that allows law enforcement officials to seize property that they assert has been involved in certain criminal activity...

Michigan’s’ Speaker of the House Kevin Cotter (R-Mt. Pleasant) wrote an opinion piece published in The Detroit New, stating his want to reform Michigan’s asset forfeiture law. It is a well written piece giving good reasons why Michigan’s asset forfeiture law must be reviewed in its current format and possibly reformed...