/tags/civil-asset-forfeiture civil asset forfeiture en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-12-29/who-should-control-ohio-counties-drug-seizure-accounts When the Vinton County Fair was canceled because of the pandemic, County Prosecutor Trecia Kimes-Brown wrote $100 checks to every child who completed a… Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-12-29/who-should-control-ohio-counties-drug-seizure-accounts Bonnie Jean Feldkamp /news-partners/2019-04-09/defining-whats-excessive-in-police-property-seizures-remains-tricky The Supreme Court ruled that seizing a $42,000 Land Rover was an "excessive fine" in a recent landmark decision on civil asset forfeiture. Future rulings will have to further define that term. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:03:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-04-09/defining-whats-excessive-in-police-property-seizures-remains-tricky Martin Kaste /news-partners/2018-11-28/supreme-court-appears-ready-to-make-it-harder-for-states-to-confiscate-property The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about one of the few remaining provisions in the Bill of Rights not yet applied to the states: the ban on excessive fines. Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:39:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-11-28/supreme-court-appears-ready-to-make-it-harder-for-states-to-confiscate-property Nina Totenberg