From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 23 14:17:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA23869 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.PII.COM (pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA23855 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:17:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PII.COM by PII.COM (4.1/SMI-4.4) id AA11728; Wed, 23 Apr 97 14:19:49 PDT Received: from PII-Message_Server by pii.com with Novell_GroupWise; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:18:09 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:15:54 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: nick@calyx.net, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Civil Forfeiture: (was: How many customers read news) Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -Reply Its nice to enjoy the whole-world feel of the 'FreeBSD Movement'. Sometimes the rest of the world gets to chuckle at our troubles. I think this is one of those times. [RC] >>> Nick Merrill 04/23/97 01:41pm >>> On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Robin Melville wrote: > >.... People every day get cash seized simply because it was > >suspicious that they had that much cash on them. Charges are never filed > > 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 - it's true, and don't start turning this into an american-bashing session because it's based in English common law :D Actually for anyone who wants to know more about civil forfeiture, you can read all about it, with first hand accounts at: http://www.fear.org Regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Merrill 24 Hour pager: 212-381-0500 Voice: 212-292-7325 President / CEO http://www.calyx.net Fax : 212-292-7313 Calyx Internet Access 271 E. 10th St. #100 NYC 10009 Email: nick@calyx.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------