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ktizo
on July 27, 2012
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Government: we can freeze Mega assets even if cas...
That's because it is often a separate case that is held against the property itself, so even if you are found innocent, your property might be found guilty.
_delirium
on July 27, 2012
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Right, and it'll also be a civil forfeiture case, not a criminal prosecution, so there's a lower standard of proof.
It does lead to some of my favorite case captions, such as
Quantity of Books v. Kansas
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ktizo
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A kind of sinking feeling seems to be telling me that the books lost that battle.
DannoHung
on July 28, 2012
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Nope, the Books won!
ktizo
on July 29, 2012
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Yayy!.. Did they lose the war though?
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