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Articles by Jason Snead

Utah’s New Law Helps Law Enforcement Nab Property of Innocent People

Jason Snead | January 21, 2014

In 2000, Utah voters took a major step toward protecting innocent property owners from abuses under the state’s civil forfeiture laws by passing Initiative B…. Read More

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License, Registration—and All Your Valuables, Please

Jason Snead | January 13, 2014

Between 2006 and 2008, Tenaha, Texas, established itself as a hotbed for civil forfeiture abuse. Tenaha police executed dozens of traffic stops in which vast… Read More

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Bail Bond Bait and Switch: Police Seize Money from Innocent Mother

Jason Snead | December 04, 2013

As much as 90 percent of the currency circulating throughout the United States contains trace amounts of cocaine. No one would expect the police to… Read More

Law

Zero Dark Giggles: Baby Deer Gets the SWAT Team Treatment

Jason Snead | August 06, 2013

An otherwise quiet day in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was interrupted by the shrill sound of police sirens. Thirteen armed law enforcement personnel surrounded a barn on… Read More

Jason Snead

Senior Policy Analyst

Articles by Jason Snead

Utah’s New Law Helps Law Enforcement Nab Property of Innocent People

License, Registration—and All Your Valuables, Please

Bail Bond Bait and Switch: Police Seize Money from Innocent Mother

Zero Dark Giggles: Baby Deer Gets the SWAT Team Treatment