Louis Rulli of the Law School spoke about civil-forfeiture laws. “There's been enormous abuse of civil forfeiture, in part because law enforcement directly profits from civil forfeiture and boosts their budgets,” he said. “It can lead to over-charging—even where there’s not evidence to warrant it—in order to protect against challenges to civil forfeiture.”
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