So you think that they are lucky they were put into prison without any evidence of a crime either?
They were not imprisoned, only detained a few hours for questioning, and they could answer questions given them by the judge, but they cant hire an attorney and wont answer the questions without one. So the judged dismissed their filing for the property to be returned.
Judge says couple must cite source of $107,000 seized in Henry County arrest
Exactly- Iceweasel says that they were lucky not to lose their freedom- I say it wasn't luck- it was because there was no evidence to prosecute them of a crime with.
Do I think that these couple were probably drug dealers? Sure.
But to me, the chilling thing about this law- and what seems blatantly unconstitutional about this is that the law doesn't require the government prove that the property was legally seized- it requires Americans to prove that that the property was illegally seized.
Probably most of the seizures are of money and property acquired through crimes- but not all of the money and property was- as one example I cited showed- a guy travelling through Nevada had $2400 seized- and eventually got it back- after spending half of that on legal fees.
There is nothing illegal about carrying cash. I don't carry lots of cash on me- but IF I seems particularly un-American to me that I must prove that the cash I am carrying was legally obtained- and subject to seizure at the whim of any law enforcement officer.