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Civil Forfeiture

An Indiana appeals court ordered the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department to return the $77,000 it seized from a man at a traffic stop, despite finding no evidence that a crime had occurred.

INDIANAPOLIS — Reversing, an Indiana appeals court ordered the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department to return the $77,000 it seized from a man at a traffic stop, despite finding no evidence that a crime had occurred.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Law

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