Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation FEAR is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process. http://www.fear.org

American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet the Prosecutor A Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute that discusses the history of forfeiture and how it has enhanced the power of government over people and their property in ways that are difficult to reconcile with long-cherished constitutional rights. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-179es.html

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act 1997 (Testimony) Congressional testimony from Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Fellow and Director Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, June 11, 1997. http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-rp061197.html

Property and Liberty: You can't give up one without losing the other Asserting that private property rights are necessary for personal freedom. http://www.progress.org/leon01.htm

Forfeiture Reform Activists: Support Resources Provides supporting material, and links, for the activists that are fighting for forfeiture reform. In particular the intent is to provide resources in support of the current Forfeiture Reform Bill, now in the U.S. Senate. http://www.magnolia.net/~leonf/forfeiture/forf-vol.html

Auction Action Liberty Activists suggests that we bring the issue of civil asset forfeiture to public attention in a simple yet riveting manner; by protesting at the auctions where the seized property is being sold to the highest bidder http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1797/forfeit.htm

Drug loot fuels drug war A series of articles on forfeiture by the Standard Times newspaper of SouthCoast, MA. Very balanced, providing views from both sides of this issue. http://www.s-t.com/daily/08-99/08-08-99/a01lo010.htm

Steven L. Kessler Online articles, from an attorney and author with expertise in RICO and forfeiture. http://www.kessleronforfeiture.com/

Liberty, Attainder, Bills of Attainder & the Constitution Includes information relating the prohibition of Bills of Attainder to asset forfeiture. http://jimo9.freeservers.com

The Government's Legal Theft Racket Spirited attack on forfeiture law, by Michael Fumento. Discusses Tina Bennis case and others. http://www.fumento.com/theft.html

Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens' Rights A study of asset forfeiture by the Macinac Center, which concludes nine specific reforms are necessary to reduce the unfairness and abuses of the present system. http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=792

The Devil is in the Details The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'. A heavy criticism of asset forfeiture by S. Leon Felkins. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/felkins11.html

Executive Privateers A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture http://www.fear.org/hadaway.html

Taking Cash into Custody A series of articles from The Kansas City Star's projects desk is the second examination Star reporter Karen Dillon has made of police circumventing state forfeiture laws -- this time with a national scope. http://www.kcstar.com/projects/drugforfeit/

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000: Congressional Record, Remarks of Henry Hyde and Others The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 was signed into law by President Clinton on April 25, 2000. These remarks by members of Congress are part of the legislative history of the bill and may be determinative when courts seek to interpret the new provisions. http://www.crimelynx.com/hyde2000.html

Does the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 Bring a Modicum of Sanity to the Federal Civil Forfeiture System An excellent review of the impact of the Reform Act of 2000 on forfeiture, giving a history of forfeiture as well as the passage of the act itself. http://www.malet.com/does_the_civil_asset_forfeiture_.htm

JMD: AFP: 2001 Asset Forfeiture Fund Reports Here you can see the annual reports on the looting by the Justice Department. Treasury has similar reports. http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/FY2001AFPLinks.htm

A Tale of the Feds and the Frog - Forums powered by Reason and Principle This well-written article on forfeiture abuse is unique in that it was written by a high-level government person; namely, Ms Carol Springer, Arizona State Treasurer. You are encouraged to contact Ms Springer and give her your thanks. (8/1/2001) http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_takings&Number=313914

Losing Ones Livelihood to the Grasp of Fiction An introductory article on the law of civil forfeiture in the United States written in 1996 by Robert Shaw. Provides an overview of laws and legal standards, forfeiture's origins and history, law enforcement relationships and abuses, and suggestions for reform. http://www.qualitylegalcounsel.com/CivilForfeiture.pdf

Z Magazine: Asset Forfeiture Article by activist and writer Susan Meeker Lowry critical of the practice as applied in the 'war on drugs.' http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/jan96meeker.htm