Critics of New Jersey’s civil forfeiture law are calling for reform, contending that government seizures of cash, cars and other property lack due process protections and sometimes target the innocent.
A constitutional challenge to the state forfeiture statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:64-1, was rejected by the Appellate Division in 2004. But in recent months, tales of forfeiture abuse nationwide have been a hot topic on blogs and in popular media, and a viral video of a New Jersey prosecutor’s 2011 lecture advocating aggressive seizures of property in criminal cases has helped propel the debate.
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