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… interest in the topic of civil forfeiture in Michigan recently. The … reforms to the current civil forfeiture system in Michigan, requiring … had among the worst-rated forfeiture laws in the nation, they … policy when it comes to civil forfeiture would be for the state to eliminate civil forfeiture altogether and allow the … more

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