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Former NM AG Hal Stratton explains why “civil asset forfeiture is wrong”

The Cato Institute has published this interview with former New Mexico Attorney General Hal Stratton, discussing our state’s elimination of civil asset forfeiture.

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DEA steals $16,000 from man traveling through Albuquerque

The front page of today’s Albuquerque Journal carries this disturbing story by Joline Gutierrez Kruger. According to the story, Joseph Rivers, a 22-year old African-American man from Michigan, was traveling from Michigan to Los Angeles to make a music video. Rivers … Continue reading

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