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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Ind. Law - More on "Zoeller seeks forfeiture law rewrite"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 30th, Heather Gillers writes today in a long story in the Indianapolis Star that begins:
Indiana's vague and much-disputed forfeiture law promises both police and schoolchildren a cut of the money the state seizes from criminals. Now, the state's top education official and the state's top law enforcement official say they will work together to clarify the law and share the funds.Attorney General Greg Zoeller and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett told The Indianapolis Star they have met and informally discussed potential revisions to the state's forfeiture law.
The timing is not coincidental: Lawmakers say they plan to rewrite the law in the coming legislative session in the wake of harsh criticism from a judge over the vagueness of the law; a lawsuit filed against county prosecutors across the state that accuses them of keeping money that should go to a state education fund; and a Star investigation that revealed many prosecutors don't even attempt to account for the money and that only five prosecutors have passed along forfeiture proceeds to the education fund in the past three years.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 18, 2010 05:21 PM
Posted to Indiana Law