I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for an article in the Metrowest Daily news regarding the frequent and sometimes over aggressive use of civil forfeiture laws by prosecutors and police.
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http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1522324581/Drug-money-pads-DA-police-budgets
The article written by Jessica Trufant and Laura Krantz shines an important light on the civil forfeiture process that District Attorneys and police use to confiscate assets of those who might be involved in drug activity.