Special Reports - Reining In Forfeiture | Drug Wars ... - PBS
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PBS - September 4, 2014 - FRONTLINE
"Rudy Ramirez never expected to become a statistic in the War on Drugs when he .... Take the example of Willie Jones, a landscape architect who was carrying ... According to the DEA's own estimates, in fact, only 3-5% of such petitions are ever granted. ...
According to a report prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee, at least 90 percent of the property that the federal government seeks to forfeit is pursued through civil asset forfeiture. And although forfeiture is intended as punishment for illegal activity, over 80% of the people whose property is seized under civil law are never even charged with a crime according to one study of over 500 federal cases by the Pittsburgh Press. For this reason, critics say, the system can run roughshod over the rights of innocent property owners--and fail to distinguish them from the guilty."
According to a report prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee, at least 90 percent of the property that the federal government seeks to forfeit is pursued through civil asset forfeiture. And although forfeiture is intended as punishment for illegal activity, over 80% of the people whose property is seized under civil law are never even charged with a crime according to one study of over 500 federal cases by the Pittsburgh Press. For this reason, critics say, the system can run roughshod over the rights of innocent property owners--and fail to distinguish them from the guilty."
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DEA's
decision had been anticipated since February 2014, when it released a
draft version of the final rule. DEA said in its rule that it received
more than 500 comments on its proposed rule, of which roughly half
supported the measure, while another half opposed it, citing factors
that included the difficulty of obtaining refills for painkillers and
the added cost of needing to see a physician on a monthly basis. - See
more at:
http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2014/08/21/20086/DEA-Following-FDA-Recommendation-to-Toughen-Regulation-on-Popular-Class-of-Painkillers/#sthash.aNpBDsXA.dpuf
DEA's
decision had been anticipated since February 2014, when it released a
draft version of the final rule. DEA said in its rule that it received
more than 500 comments on its proposed rule, of which roughly half
supported the measure, while another half opposed it, citing factors
that included the difficulty of obtaining refills for painkillers and
the added cost of needing to see a physician on a monthly basis. - See
more at:
http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2014/08/21/20086/DEA-Following-FDA-Recommendation-to-Toughen-Regulation-on-Popular-Class-of-Painkillers/#sthash.SBORoseQ.dpuf
DEA's
decision had been anticipated since February 2014, when it released a
draft version of the final rule. DEA said in its rule that it received
more than 500 comments on its proposed rule, of which roughly half
supported the measure, while another half opposed it, citing factors
that included the difficulty of obtaining refills for painkillers and
the added cost of needing to see a physician on a monthly basis. - See
more at:
http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2014/08/21/20086/DEA-Following-FDA-Recommendation-to-Toughen-Regulation-on-Popular-Class-of-Painkillers/#sthash.SBORoseQ.dpuf
