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Wisconsin Action Alert: Help Stop Asset Forfeiture, Support AB537

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:December 15, 2015
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center Wisconsin

Wisconsin AB537 would reform asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds in most situations. It must pass through the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety before…

Wisconsin Bill Takes on “Policing for Profit” via Asset Forfeiture; Closes Federal Loophole

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:December 4, 2015
Post category:Legislation Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (Dec. 4, 2015) – A bill introduced in the Wisconsin House would reform asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds in most situations. A…