Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation

FEAR is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process.
http://www.fear.org

American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet the Prosecutor

A Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute that discusses the history of forfeiture and how it has enhanced the power of government over people and their property in ways that are difficult to reconcile with long-cherished constitutional rights.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-179es.html

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act 1997 (Testimony)

Congressional testimony from Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Fellow and Director Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, June 11, 1997.
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-rp061197.html

Property and Liberty: You can't give up one without losing the other

Asserting that private property rights are necessary for personal freedom.
http://www.progress.org/leon01.htm

Forfeiture Reform Activists: Support Resources

Provides supporting material, and links, for the activists that are fighting for forfeiture reform. In particular the intent is to provide resources in support of the current Forfeiture Reform Bill, now in the U.S. Senate.
http://www.magnolia.net/~leonf/forfeiture/forf-vol.html

Auction Action

Liberty Activists suggests that we bring the issue of civil asset forfeiture to public attention in a simple yet riveting manner; by protesting at the auctions where the seized property is being sold to the highest bidder
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1797/forfeit.htm

Drug loot fuels drug war

A series of articles on forfeiture by the Standard Times newspaper of SouthCoast, MA. Very balanced, providing views from both sides of this issue.
http://www.s-t.com/daily/08-99/08-08-99/a01lo010.htm

Steven L. Kessler

Online articles, from an attorney and author with expertise in RICO and forfeiture.
http://www.kessleronforfeiture.com/

Liberty, Attainder, Bills of Attainder & the Constitution

Includes information relating the prohibition of Bills of Attainder to asset forfeiture.
http://jimo9.freeservers.com

The Government's Legal Theft Racket

Spirited attack on forfeiture law, by Michael Fumento. Discusses Tina Bennis case and others.
http://www.fumento.com/theft.html

Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens' Rights

A study of asset forfeiture by the Macinac Center, which concludes nine specific reforms are necessary to reduce the unfairness and abuses of the present system.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=792

The Devil is in the Details

The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'. A heavy criticism of asset forfeiture by S. Leon Felkins.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/felkins11.html

Executive Privateers

A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture
http://www.fear.org/hadaway.html

Taking Cash into Custody

A series of articles from The Kansas City Star's projects desk is the second examination Star reporter Karen Dillon has made of police circumventing state forfeiture laws -- this time with a national scope.
http://www.kcstar.com/projects/drugforfeit/

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000: Congressional Record, Remarks of Henry Hyde and Others

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 was signed into law by President Clinton on April 25, 2000. These remarks by members of Congress are part of the legislative history of the bill and may be determinative when courts seek to interpret the new p
http://www.crimelynx.com/hyde2000.html

Does the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 Bring a Modicum of Sanity to the Federal Civil Forfeiture System

An excellent review of the impact of the Reform Act of 2000 on forfeiture, giving a history of forfeiture as well as the passage of the act itself.
http://www.malet.com/does_the_civil_asset_forfeiture_.htm

JMD: AFP: 2001 Asset Forfeiture Fund Reports

Here you can see the annual reports on the looting by the Justice Department. Treasury has similar reports.
http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/FY2001AFPLinks.htm

A Tale of the Feds and the Frog - Forums powered by Reason and Principle

This well-written article on forfeiture abuse is unique in that it was written by a high-level government person; namely, Ms Carol Springer, Arizona State Treasurer. You are encouraged to contact Ms Springer and give her your thanks. (8/1/2001)
http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_takings&Number=313914

Losing Ones Livelihood to the Grasp of Fiction

An introductory article on the law of civil forfeiture in the United States written in 1996 by Robert Shaw. Provides an overview of laws and legal standards, forfeiture's origins and history, law enforcement relationships and abuses, and suggestions for r
http://www.qualitylegalcounsel.com/CivilForfeiture.pdf

Z Magazine: Asset Forfeiture

Article by activist and writer Susan Meeker Lowry critical of the practice as applied in the 'war on drugs.'
http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/jan96meeker.htm

Forfeiture is Reasonable, and It Works

Article published by the E. L. Wiegand Practice Groups of the Federalist Society as to the constitutionality of forfeiture.
http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/practicegroupnewsletters/criminallaw/cl010201.htm

Bill Of Attainder Project

A civil liberties organization started by the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, which contacts political activists, organizations and others to oppose forfeiture.
http://frontpage.brightok.net/~sempai/billofattainder

American RadioWorks : Corrections Inc.

The war on drugs took off when police agencies got a new incentive to chase drug offenders: the ability to keep cash and vehicles seized in drug operations. Critics say asset forfeiture skews police priorities by giving them a monetary stake in the war on
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/corrections/cops1.html

Introduction to "Your House is Under Arrest"

Excerpt from book about how police can seize you home, car and business without a trial and how to protect yourself, by Brenda Grantland.
http://www.serendipity.li/wod/yhiua_in.html

U.S. Marshals Service: Asset Forfeiture Program

The US Marshals Service explains the goals and benefits of the asset forfeiture program.
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/assets/assets.html

Justice Management Division: Asset Forfeiture Program

The primary asset forfeiture pages of the US Department of Justice.
http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/