The Massachusetts State Senate passed a bill Thursday to change the civil forfeiture system, raising the legal bar law enforcement must meet to seize and keep people’s money and property in suspected drug crimes.
The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday to reform the civil forfeiture system, raising the legal bar that law enforcement must meet to seize and keep people’s money and property in suspected drug crimes.
“We view ourselves as a socially progressive state with strong protection for civil liberties. But our current laws on civil asset forfeiture are anything but, and reforming in this area is long overdue,” said Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem, a Newton Democrat and lead sponsor of the bill. In more than 500 instances between 2016 and 2019, District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr. waited a decade or more before notifying people that he had their money and giving them a chance to get it back.
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