Indiana Argues That the State Should Be Able To Take Everything You Own if You Commit a Drug Crime
(From Reason)
In February 2019, SCOTUS said it does. The Indiana Supreme Court then created guidance on what qualifies as “excessive,” but instead of deciding on Timbs’ case specifically, they passed the buck to a lower court with the new rules in hand.
A trial court ruled in his favor in April 2020, writing that seizing the vehicle—which was worth four times the value of the maximum financial penalty for the crime Timbs committed—was indeed “excessive.”
Even still, Indiana wants to continue civil asset forfeiture in a way that appears to have almost no limit.
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