The ACLU of Pennsylvania said that the Senate watered down and then approved legislation aimed at reform of civil asset forfeitures.
Executive director of the ACLU, Reggie Shuford, said that when SB 869 was first introduced by Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon, it reformed the law on asset forfeiture in impactful ways, including requiring that a property owner be convicted of a crime before their property can be forfeited and redirecting the revenue generated by forfeiture to the general fund of the local jurisdiction.
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