About this episode

The episode discusses two cases of civil forfeiture and the challenges faced by innocent victims in recovering their money.

Brian Moore and Cristal Starling both lost their money to civil forfeiture, despite neither being charged with a crime. Both of them challenged those forfeitures and both of them got their money back. But only one is being made whole. We’re here with IJ senior attorneys Dan Alban and Paul Sherman to discuss two cases under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act—a law that’s supposed to protect innocent victims of wrongful forfeitures, and why it doesn’t go far enough. https://youtu.be/_NJOTMszsJI Become a Monthly Donor Are you looking for a rewarding and consistent way to support IJ’s work?  Become a member of our Merry Band of Monthly Donors and stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients every month of the year. Donate now

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Alban, Paul Sherman

Guests: Brian Moore, Cristal Starling

Topics covered

• civil forfeiture
• legal reform
• innocent victims
• law cases
• justice

Keywords

• civil forfeiture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute for Justice

Books & works: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act

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