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American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet the Prosecutor - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-179es.html
A Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute that discusses the history of forfeiture and how it has enhanced the power of government over people and their property in ways that are difficult to reconcile with long-cherished constitutional rights.

American RadioWorks : Corrections Inc. - http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/corrections/cops1.html
The war on drugs took off when police agencies got a new incentive to chase drug offenders: the ability to keep cash and vehicles seized in drug operations. Critics say asset forfeiture skews police priorities by giving them a monetary stake in the war on drugs. Read, Listen (Real Audio, 19:30 min)

Bill Of Attainder Project - http://frontpage.brightok.net/~sempai/billofattainder
A civil liberties organization started by the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, which contacts political activists, organizations and others to oppose forfeiture.

Drug loot fuels drug war - http://www.s-t.com/daily/08-99/08-08-99/a01lo010.htm
A series of articles on forfeiture by the Standard Times newspaper of SouthCoast, MA. Very balanced, providing views from both sides of this issue.

Executive Privateers - http://www.fear.org/hadaway.html
A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture

Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation - http://www.fear.org
FEAR is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process.

Introduction to "Your House is Under Arrest" - http://www.serendipity.li/wod/yhiua_in.html
Excerpt from book about how police can seize you home, car and business without a trial and how to protect yourself, by Brenda Grantland.

JMD: AFP: 2001 Asset Forfeiture Fund Reports - http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/FY2001AFPLinks.htm
Here you can see the annual reports on the looting by the Justice Department. Treasury has similar reports.

Justice Management Division: Asset Forfeiture Program - http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/
The primary asset forfeiture pages of the US Department of Justice.

Liberty, Attainder, Bills of Attainder & the Constitution - http://jimo9.freeservers.com
Includes information relating the prohibition of Bills of Attainder to asset forfeiture.

Losing Ones Livelihood to the Grasp of Fiction - http://www.qualitylegalcounsel.com/CivilForfeiture.pdf
An introductory article on the law of civil forfeiture in the United States written in 1996 by Robert Shaw. Provides an overview of laws and legal standards, forfeiture's origins and history, law enforcement relationships and abuses, and suggestions for reform.

Property and Liberty: You can't give up one without losing the other - http://www.progress.org/leon01.htm
Asserting that private property rights are necessary for personal freedom.

Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens' Rights - http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=792
A study of asset forfeiture by the Macinac Center, which concludes nine specific reforms are necessary to reduce the unfairness and abuses of the present system.

Steven L. Kessler - http://www.kessleronforfeiture.com/
Online articles, from an attorney and author with expertise in RICO and forfeiture.

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act 1997 (Testimony) - http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-rp061197.html
Congressional testimony from Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Fellow and Director Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, June 11, 1997.

The Devil is in the Details - http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/felkins11.html
The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'. A heavy criticism of asset forfeiture by S. Leon Felkins.

The Government's Legal Theft Racket - http://www.fumento.com/theft.html
Spirited attack on forfeiture law, by Michael Fumento. Discusses Tina Bennis case and others.

U.S. Marshals Service: Asset Forfeiture Program - http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/assets/assets.html
The US Marshals Service explains the goals and benefits of the asset forfeiture program.

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