Due process win
This week the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado has no right to keep fines, fees, court costs, and restitution it extracts from criminal defendants whose convictions are later reversed. By forcing people to prove their innocence before they can get back property that is rightly theirs, the Court said, Colorado has been violating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of due process.
Hopefully, civil asset forfeiture is on the chopping block.
April 21st, 2017 at 4:18 pm
“Colorado has been violating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of due process.”
OK, so like I’ve been saying; we are being “governed” by criminals. So who will be prosecuted for such violation?
It isn’t enough to put a stop to the latest criminal activity. The next step is prosecution, and then appropriate sentencing.
It’s a little thing called “justice”. It would also serve as a deterrent, but justice is the main issue. So long as the perpetrators get away with it, with naught but a cessation of their latest criminal act, then there is no reason for them to stop trying; they’ll simply modify their tactics and soldier on.
April 21st, 2017 at 4:57 pm
MA charges fees to appeal citations which aren’t refunded even if a person wins on appeal. The MA SJC has ruled the constitution only applies in state except where prohibited by state law. The paste eating fools in black robes scrawling this nonsense in crayon need a litany of bench slaps to cut the bullshit!
April 21st, 2017 at 5:42 pm
“Due process of law” is protected by the 5th Amendment.
April 21st, 2017 at 6:31 pm
They occasionally get one right. Blind squirrel, nut, etc. etc.