[kingu]

I’ve had shingles; I suppose the truth is: I still have shingles, it just hasn’t popped up recently. I’ve had a knee replaced. I get massively bad headaches, but I don’t smoke pot. And as much as people on here try to ignore that portion of the story, he had illicit drugs on his property, which he admitted to using.

Is it against the law to have cash? No. But if you are going to keep that much cash on hand, better make sure that you’re a law abiding citizen, or you’re going to end up in a crap problem like this.

[goldstategop]

How do you prove a negative? The laws aimed at drug dealers are now employed to steal the life savings of law abiding citizens, leaving them destitute.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Picklezz]

Is it possible he had the weed legally for medicinal use? I don’t know. I’m asking.

[UCANSEE2]

“But if you are going to keep that much cash on hand, better make sure that you’re a law abiding citizen, or you’re going to end up in a crap problem like this.”

But William Jefferson had a LARGE sum of money in his fridge, and the money was directly the result of a political bribe, which is illegal.

Bet he get’s his money back.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Is it against the law to have cash? No. But if you are going to keep that much cash on hand, better make sure that you’re a law abiding citizen, or you’re going to end up in a crap problem like this.

So the fine now for possessing some pot in your home is $400,000?

[montag813]

Is it against the law to have cash? No. But if you are going to keep that much cash on hand, better make sure that you’re a law abiding citizen, or you’re going to end up in a crap problem like this.

I understand your point, but I don't think the absence of marijuana would have stopped this illicit forfeiture.

[Moonman62]

Is it against the law to have cash? No. But if you are going to keep that much cash on hand, better make sure that you’re a law abiding citizen, or you’re going to end up in a crap problem like this.

Plus the police found out about the cash after a robbery. Perhaps the surviving robber told them they believed there was drug dealing and large sums of cash at the house. Newspapers rarely report the whole story, or get it right if they try. Civil forfeiture laws are legal, and make life tougher for criminals.

[Nate505]

He deserves to have the government take all his money because he committed a “crime” that carries the punishment of a fine? Why can’t he just pay the hundred bucks that possessing an ounce or less calls for in Ohio?