Profitable Penalties Imperil Justice: New at Reason
Tyson Timbs, an Indiana man desperate for money to support his heroin habit, did exactly what the cops asked him to do, selling them four grams of the drug in two transactions for a total of $385. His reward was a year of home detention, five years of probation, and $1,200 in court-ordered fees.
Adding insult to injury, police seized the 2012 Land Rover that Timbs had bought with $42,000 from his father’s life insurance payout. The Supreme Court today is considering whether Timbs can challenge the confiscation of his car as a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s ban on “excessive fines.” The case could lead to limits on the system of legalized theft known as civil asset forfeiture, Jacob Sullum says.
Source: https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/28/profitable-penalties-imperil-justice-new
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