Remarkably, President Trump's important feedback final week about Texas senators supporting asset-forfeiture reform laws appear to have ...
Remarkably, President Trump's important feedback final week about Texas senators supporting asset-forfeiture reform laws appear to have re-energized the push somewhat than harmed it. At a capitol press conference yesterday, the Texas Public Coverage Basis released a poll exhibiting that 88 p.c of Texans favor requiring a felony conviction earlier than the federal government can forfeit private property.
A number of different approaches have been suggested and prospects for reform are brighter than at any time in latest reminiscence. Cops have gotten defensive and a police chief interrupted the press conference to complain about the usage of the phrase "policing for revenue." After all, they may show they are not policing for revenue by supporting Sen. Don Huffines' bill to divert all forfeiture proceeds to crime victims. Or, they may observe this suggestion to spend forfeiture money on public defenders as a substitute of letting cops and prosecutors eat what they kill. Till then, "policing for revenue" is not an allegation about what is going on on, it is merely an outline.
See previous Grits protection here, here, here, and here.
A number of different approaches have been suggested and prospects for reform are brighter than at any time in latest reminiscence. Cops have gotten defensive and a police chief interrupted the press conference to complain about the usage of the phrase "policing for revenue." After all, they may show they are not policing for revenue by supporting Sen. Don Huffines' bill to divert all forfeiture proceeds to crime victims. Or, they may observe this suggestion to spend forfeiture money on public defenders as a substitute of letting cops and prosecutors eat what they kill. Till then, "policing for revenue" is not an allegation about what is going on on, it is merely an outline.
See previous Grits protection here, here, here, and here.
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