Justice Department weighs policies to up police seizures

Published 10:21 pm Monday, July 17, 2017

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department is developing policies that would increase police seizures of cash and property.

Sessions told a gathering of district attorneys Monday he expects a policy change this week related to the practice of so-called assets forfeiture. Civil liberties groups and members of Congress have criticized the tactic because it enables law enforcement to take possession of property such as cars and money without convictions or even indictments.

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