From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 23 13:14:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA21000 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:14:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net [154.32.106.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA20995 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (uucp1.mail.uk.psi.net [154.32.105.26]) by sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.8.4/) with ESMTP id VAA23866; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:13:57 +0100 (BST) Received: by sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.5-UKPSINet) id UAA28643; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 20:46:18 +0100 (BST) Received: from infodev.nadt.org.uk (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA22776; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:07:59 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970423135513.0070a910@wrcmail> X-Sender: robmel@wrcmail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:55:13 +0100 To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" , Sysadmin From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: How many customers read news (was Re: News...) Cc: Blaine Minazzi , isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 13:38 22/04/97 -0700, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: >.... People every day get cash seized simply because it was >suspicious that they had that much cash on them. Charges are never filed >against the property owner in 90% of property seizure cases, because of >insufficient evidence. But does that mean the people get the seized >property back? Nope, because the case against the property is not the >same as the case against the person, and the property does not have the >right of due process... I've never heard of anything so ludicrous... surely this is contrary to the US Consitution/Bill of Rights. If it isn't then it's legalised theft. Robin. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------