LANSING — Police and prosecutors would be prohibited from seizing cash and property from people accused of a crime until they are convicted on the charges under…
LANSING — Police and prosecutors would be prohibited from seizing cash and property from people accused of a crime until they are convicted on the charges under a bill passed in the state Senate on Wednesday.
The bill — SB 2 — is a retread from the last legislative session when then-state Rep. Peter Lucido’s similar bill passed the House but never got a vote in the Senate.
Law enforcement objected to the bill during committee hearings last year.
Now Lucido, R-Harrison Township, is a senator and his civil asset forfeiture bill was the first bill to be voted on in the Senate chamber.
