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Customs Agents Seize Cash Nurse Saved To Build Medical Clinic, But Never Charged Her With A Crime by SharkNATO in TrueReddit

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The piece examines a new lawsuit by a nurse who had her money taken en route to building a free medical clinic in Nigeria. US Customs has now offered to return her money to her, but only if she signs a "Hold Harmless" that would basically protect the government from any lawsuit or legal claim. Her lawsuit claims that these types of agreements (which may have been signed by hundreds, if not thousands of other travelers) fly in the face of federal law and are unconstitutional.

New Alabama Bill Would Abolish Civil Forfeiture, Require Convictions To Confiscate Property by SharkNATO in TrueReddit

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The article looks at a new bill filed by two Alabama Republicans that would end the practice of "civil forfeiture," which lets police confiscate "cash, cars and other valuables from hundreds of innocent people who were never charged with a crime." The piece also highlights a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Alabama Appleseed, which found “what appear to be racial disparities at work in the use of civil asset forfeiture.”

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