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Patrick Leahy: “If property is going to be seized, just as though somebody is going to be fined or sent to prison or anything else, you…”

On the recordApril 14, 2015
If property is going to be seized, just as though somebody is going to be fined or sent to prison or anything else, you have got to have due process.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy insists on the necessity of due process in property seizure cases.

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