Originally Posted By: hatt
CF doesn't need more transparency or twinks. It needs to go away.
That's not even realistic. Up here, we have proceeds of crime legislation. If someone is, say, for example, a drug dealer, and buy a house and boat and cars and so forth with his drug money, he gets said proceeds of crime forfeited. Otherwise, what would you do? Give him a few months in jail and let him return to his previous lifestyle?
Of course, we don't need seizures without due process, and we don't need seizures for idiotic or banal reasons. But, there are valid reasons for civil forfeiture.
It's safe to say that if you get a guy on a minor trafficking charge, it's not fair that he go to jail for years on end. But, when you see he's got a new car, truck, boat, house, and RV and his tax returns showed he never earned more than $10,000 a year in his life, there's a disconnect between the two realities. And that was always the gap up here. Traffic some cannabis, get a couple months in jail or a fine. That's just the cost of doing business, in that case. But, when the assets are a little high for someone who claims to be a casual labourer, let the forensic accountants loose.