Forfeiture

Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Forfeiture.pdf"><strong>Eighth Amendment</strong></a>.

INDIANAPOLIS — Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

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