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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives, as we've heard, for law enforcement agencies that stand to benefit…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives, as we've heard, for law enforcement agencies that stand to benefit financially from increased numbers of seizures.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz highlights the negative incentives created by civil asset forfeiture for law enforcement.

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