How to E-mail Your Senator About the Hyde Bill, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Brenda Grantland (thanks to a tip from Cari Haworth), 4/17/98
Legislative Action Alert: Rep. Hyde's Manager's Amendment to HR 1965, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Tom Gordon, 4/17/98 (contains a sample letter to your Congressman)
The Hyde Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Is Moving!, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by FEAR Interim Director, Tom Gordon, 4/16/98
Ohio Farm Seized For Dog-Fighting, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Brent Jernigan, 4/9/98
New Jersey Attorney General Releases Drug Forfeiture Report, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by John Paff, 4/8/98
ACLU Press Release: House Passes Traffic Stops Bill, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Matt Elrod, 4/4/98 (good news for minorities driving past forfeiture traps)
The Government Bungles Management of Seized Casino, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 4/3/98 (Victim story - the Bicycle Club Casino)
Family of Convicted Drug Dealer Gets Some of Their Property Back, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 4/2/98
Christie's to Auction Diamonds Seized by U.S. Customs Service, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 4/2/98
Oakland Ordinance For Seizing Cars Is Invalid, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 4/1/98
A Blindfolded Justice Gropes For Purpose, Posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 3/29/98 (cops profit from forfeitures)
Is The Mere Possession of Information On Crime, Itself Criminal? FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 3/28/98
Law Enforcement Seizures Subject of Congressional Battle, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Carl Reimann, 3/27/98
"Court to Review Vehicle Searches," FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Mike Gogulski, 3/27/98
The Feds Seize a Big One In Houston!, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 3/19/98
New Jersey Supreme Court to Hear Forfeiture Argument, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by John Paff, 3/17/98
NRA Fax Alert Reports Good News On the Hyde Bill, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Arnold Gaunt & Brenda Grantland, 3/15/98
NBC's "Dateline" Wins Top Honors For Its Louisiana Forfeiture Expose, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 3/14/98
Let Us Pray Our Government Doesn't Notice This News Item! FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 3/6/98
Forfeiture of Vehicles By Impounding, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Leon Felkins, 3/5/98
Abstract of New Law Review Article: Policing For Profit: The Drug War's Hidden Economic Agenda, FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Brenda Grantland, 3/1/98, abstract by Eric Blumenson & Eva Nilsen
Something Pennsylvanians can do about forfeiture, posted to FEAR-List by Roy Timpe, 2-26-98 (contains statistics for forfeitures in Pennsylvania by county)
Forfeiting Your Freedom, posted to FEAR-List by Fulton Huxtable, 2-26-98 (information on Clinton's health care bill which includes health care fraud forfeitures).
"Woman awarded $450,000 after strip search", posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-26-98
NJ Supreme Court to Hear Forfeiture/Jury Argument, posted to FEAR-List by John Paff, 2-25-98
The tempation to take ill-gotten public loot is just too much, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-25-98
Kafka would be inspired, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-22-98 (used car dealership charged with money laundering for violating cash transaction reporting requirements gets mistrial in criminal case, and now faces forfeiture.)
Tennessee experiments with seizing private automobiles, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-10-98
More on "Administrative Seizure" of Driver's Licenses, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-9-98
Police Take Drivers License on the spot for DUI, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-9-98
Oakland making use of Bennis decision for increased Forfeiture, posted to FEAR-List by Leon Felkins, 2-6-98
Footnotes to story $2 million in attorneys fees seized in R.I., by anonymous subscriber, posted to FEAR-List 1/29/98
$2 million in attorneys fees seized in R.I., summary of two newspaper clippings: "Lawyers for money launder ordered to turn over fees" and "U.S. Attorney collects $4.4 million in fiscal year," Providence (R.I.) Journal, January 28, 1998; FEAR-List bulletin posted by Brenda Grantland 1/28/98.
$468,000 returned in DeBartolo
fraud investigation, summary of newsclipping "Seized Money Returned
in DeBartolo Sting:
Prosecutors Didn't Want to Reveal Case," by David Dietz, San Francisco
Chronicle, January 24, 1998, p. A6, posted to FEAR-List by Brenda Grantland
1/24/98.
Discussion of Fourth Circuit decision on double jeopardy and drug taxes: Lynn v. West, posted to FEAR-List by Brenda Grantland & Susan Wells, 1/22/98.
"Fourth Circuit holds North Carolina's drug tax is a criminal penalty for double jeopardy purposes", posted to FEAR-List by Matt Elrod, 1/22/98, forwarded from Darryl Brown, University of Dayton.
"S.F. Cops Accused of Using Seized Guns: Weapons had been ordered destroyed," by Bill Wallace, San Francisco Chronicle, 1-10-98, page A-20, news clipping summary by Brenda Grantland, posted to FEAR-List 1/10/98.
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