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Punitive Damages In What Circumstances Term Paper

These might include, respectively, a drug 'stash,' a car that was the result of drug sales, or even a home used in the trafficking of illegal drugs. The problem with forfeiture in a criminal case is that not all of the parties using the property may have been aware of the illegal use. For example, say that my adult son is selling drugs from my home and my car. These might be forfeited as 'tools' even though I bought them legally, and had no idea that they were being used by him to commit a crime. Works...

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2 Apr 2008. http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/forfeiture/

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"LII Backgrounder on Forfeiture." LII Legal Information Institute. Cornell University.

2 Apr 2008. http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/forfeiture/

"What is an injunction?" Freeadvice.com. 3 Apr 2008.

http://law.freeadvice.com/general_practice/legal_remedies/punitive_damages.htm
http://law.freeadvice.com/general_practice/legal_remedies/injunction_order.htm
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