A group of lawmakers are taking a stab at limiting how much money local governments can keep from court fines and civil forfeiture for their yearly budgets. Civil asset forfeiture is the process by ...

Seven years ago, deputy sheriffs ransacked Greg and Theresa Almond’s home in Randolph County and found $50 worth of marijuana. The couple said the weed wasn’t theirs, but that did not stop the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nora V. Demleitner, Washington and Lee University (THE CONVERSATION) Editor’s note: ...

While a bill that would provide accountability to the public for law enforcement’s use of civil asset forfeiture has passed the state House of Representatives and been introduced into the Senate, a ...