Since this is a federal case, their lawyer is reimbursed by the federal government (under CAFRA 2000), assuming these drug dealers are not drug dealers.
Should be very easy to prove they were going to buy a house, don't you think?
"could easily die waiting for his day in court
Not familiar with the law, huh? The federal government has 90 days to take action.
It appears to have already been assumed they are.
Should be very easy to prove they were going to buy a house, don't you think?
Maybe. You can't really prove you were going to do something you never actually did.
"could easily die waiting for his day in court
Not familiar with the law, huh? The federal government has 90 days to take action.
Take action, or actually resolve the case?
These forfeiture laws were written by regulators and bureaucrats. What these people have done is to attempt to live their lives and conduct their affairs out from under the watchful eye of those bureaucrats and regulators, and for that they are going to have their money taken. The bureaucrats and regulators will accuse them of being drug dealers to mollify public concerns that they are not being treated fairly.
When did Know your rights, aka, MrLeRoy get banned?
Update: http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/NEWS/610030331/1006/news01
Sheriff's office assists with drug investigation
The Davidson County Sheriff's Office joined forces with numerous local, state and federal agencies during an ongoing five-month-long investigation that netted at least five kilograms of cocaine and more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.
Four men, Dennis Eugene Wilkinson, Jose Luis Santillan, Guillermo Corral and Adrian LeMarier, all of El Paso, Texas, were indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Charlotte. The four men were each charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
The four men allegedly planned to move the drugs from Mexico to establish a hub of operation in Charlotte, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice.
If the men are convicted, the United States government will seize all property traceable to the alleged drug operation, including nearly $100,000 that was found inside a car in Gaston County on Sept. 4.
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said his deputies participated in the investigation, which led to the arrests of the four men.