Pubdate: Mon, 11 Apr 2016
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2016 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/386
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Author: Gretchen Burns Bergman
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n216/a06.html

END INCENTIVES TO SEIZE ASSETS FROM SUSPECTS

Regarding "Policing for profit amounts to criminal injustice" (April 
6): Thank you for this article. Yes, we have spent billions of 
dollars incarcerating people for low-level crimes such as drug possession.

Asset forfeiture is a disgrace and a hardship for too many families. 
I understand that law enforcement has been taking an average of over 
$8,000 from people in California under this policy. We must stop this 
abuse and right these wrongs. SB 443 would protect innocent 
Californians by making sure that the criminal justice system can't 
take their money or property if the person hasn't been convicted of a crime.

Gretchen Burns Bergman

North County
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