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Latest ACLU Advertisement Targets Asset Forfeiture Laws (04/27/2001)
NEW YORK - Saying asset forfeiture laws provide the police with a license to steal, the American Civil Liberties Union has launched a new attack against this form of unfettered law enforcement abuse with its latest national advertisement.

WA Bill Would Bar Police Seizure of Property Without a Conviction (02/08/2001)
OLYMPIA, WA--The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded a bill introduced in the Washington Senate that would bar government forfeiture and sale of a person's property unless that person has been convicted of a crime.

With ACLU Help, Local Man Gets Back $2,000 in Bail Money Seized Unfairly by Police (11/21/2000)
WAYNE, MI--A man who had $2,000 cash subjected to a dog-sniff test and seized by police when he came in to bail out a friend is finally getting his money back, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

Senate Panel Approves Asset Forfeiture Reform (03/23/2000)
WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel today unanimously approved a measure that would help return the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" as the standard of our country's justice system.

Facing ACLU Lawsuit, Rhode Island Agrees to Return $860 to Wrongfully Accused Woman (10/15/1999)
PROVIDENCE, RI -- In a sudden reversal, Rhode Island officials today agreed to return the $860 dollars confiscated from a woman who was falsely arrested for drug dealing by a now-discredited "Strike Force" unit.

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001"; the Oxley Bill (10/16/2001)

Letter to the Senate on Legislation to Increase Law Enforcement Electronic Surveillance, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Prosecution of Juveniles in Federal Court, and to Make the Use of Encryption a Grounds for Enhancing a Criminal Penalty (10/10/2000)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Civil Liberties Implications of Counterterrorism Measures Before the National Commission on Terrorism (03/17/2000)

Letter to Senator Harkin on Civil Asset Forfeiture (08/02/1999)

Letter to the House on "The Civil Asset Forfeiture Act of 1999" (06/10/1999)