Government,
Criminal,
Civil Rights
Jul. 25, 2017
Sessions ends Holder’s civil forfeiture policy
The DOJ’s door is once again wide open to requests by state and local law enforcement to take over their smallish and often weakly supported forfeiture seizures and pursue them in the federal system.
David B. Smith
David is an Alexandria, Virginia, attorney with a national forfeiture practice. He is the author of the leading treatise on asset forfeiture, "Prosecution and Defense of Forfeiture Cases" (Matthew Bender 2017).
On July 19, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new Justice Department policy regarding the federal adoption of civil forfeiture seizures under state law by state and local enforcement agencies in a speech to an enthusiastic audience of representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Sheriff’s Association, the Major City Chiefs Association and the IACP.
The DOJ’s door is once again wide open to requests by stat...
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