'Around 3 in the morning on January 7, 2009, a 22-year-old college student named Anthony Smelley was pulled over on Interstate 70 in Putnam County, Indiana. He and two friends were en route from Detroit to visit Smelley’s aunt in St. Louis. Smelley, who had recently received a $50,000 settlement from a car accident, was carrying around $17,500 in cash, according to later court documents. He claims he was bringing the money to buy a new car for his aunt.'
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The Forfeiture Racket
CANNABIS CULTURE: The Forfeiture Racket
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Hey this was a great piece, but the credit shouldn't really go to Cannabis Culture. It's an article by Radley Balko and it originally appeared in Reason. For anybody interested in issues involving civil liberties, police abuse, prosecutorial misconduct, etc, Balko is indispensable.
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