Civil Asset Forfeiture in Philadelphia Not So Brotherly

by Ronald D. Rotunda.  The City of Brotherly Love is not so brotherly when it comes to civil forfeiture. Consider this case, which began in September of 1993. The police stopped Ossie Younge for a traffic infraction, speeding. Nothing unusual about that, but what was unusual (although not in Philadelphia) is that the police then seized    ... MORE