Civil asset forfeiture is officially no más in #NM! Conviction now required for property seizure! @ACLU @radleybalko pic.twitter.com/gtZUf0gNas
— ACLU of New Mexico (@ACLUNM) April 10, 2015
thedailysheeple.com / by Jay Syrmopoulos via The Free thought Project / April 15th, 2015
On Friday, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed the unanimous bipartisan legislation, H.B. 560, which effectively ends the practice of civil asset forfeiture in the state.
The practice of civil asset forfeiture has come under intense scrutiny as of late, as people are increasingly coming to the realization that civil forfeiture encourages policing for profit.
“Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law in recent years to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear,” Robert O’Harrow and Steven Rich wrote in a report for the Washington Post. “They have also spent money on luxury vehicles, travel and a clown named Sparkles.”
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