SCOTUS Rules That Civil Forfeiture Can’t Kick a Man When He Is Down and Seizure Was Excessive Under 8th Amendment
Finally, Tyson Timbs, the man out of Indiana whose Land Rover was seized and kept under civil forfeiture law, gets his only asset back. As you may remember, back in 2013, Timbs, a heroin addict sold a small amount to undercover cops and after he paid the maximum $1,200 fine and did his time. However,…