How A Government Crime-Fighting Tool Was Made Evil

by John Yoder and Brad Cates.       John Yoder was director of the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture Office from 1983 to 1985. Brad Cates was the director of the office from 1985 to 1989.  Last week, The Post published a series of in-depth articles about the abuses spawned by the law enforcement practice known as civil asset forfeiture.    ... MORE