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? asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 7 years ago

http://www.abc27.com/story/25703754/police-seize-mobile-home-used-in-alleged-heroin-sales?

Do you think taking the home before the conviction is justice?

Plus the twist in this is the fact that trailer parks do not allow older trailers back in Pa and even if the woman could find a park to take it if (Acquitted of the charges and the seized trailer returned ) she might financially not have a way to move and set up the trailer. It often costs thousands of dollars. ( Lawyers , jail and trials are very expensive) I am NOT SUPPORTING DRUG USE IN ANY WAY BUT

A zealous sheriff could clear out a poor people trailer park with just allegations no hard evidence . Think about it.

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  • 7 years ago

    If the police search a house and find evidence of a crime (e.g. drug use) they'll tend to take everything that isn't nailed down. In this case, that includes the whole house.

    They do this to give the prosecutor as much ammunition to use in their case. The cops aren't going to necessarily know what is or is not important which is why they're just going to take as much stuff as they can.

    Yeah, you can argue this is fairly abusive and there's no shortage of anecdotal stories about cops not returning seized property for years due to implacable red-tape.

    But then you can also find an equal number of stories of how real criminals managed to get out of a conviction due to lack of evidence or some other issue stemming from improper police work.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

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