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<div><b>From:</b> Pam Dempsey <pamelagdempsey@investigatemidwest.org></div><div><b>To:</b> "divisek@yahoo.com" <divisek@yahoo.com></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 30, 2019, 9:59:56 AM CDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> SAVE THE DATE: Taken in the Heartland: A Conversation about Civil Asset Forfeiture</div><div><br></div>
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A Conversation about Civil Asset Forfeiture</h1>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;">Under civil forfeiture laws, the government is able to take cash, cars, homes and other property suspected of being involved in criminal activity, without charging the property owner with a crime.<br>
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Getting it back? Well, that's a whole different story.</p>
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Monday, September 16, 2019</h3>
6:30 - 9:00 pm<br>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;">Join us for a panel discussion to delve into the issues that arose with civil asset forfeiture, and hear directly from journalists, attorneys, and experts. There will be time after the moderated panel for an audience Q & A session.<br>
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Tickets are free, but <a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=bbc936a1a7&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSVP is requested through Eventbrite</a><br>
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<a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=7650eabfdf&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Ben Rudel</strong>l</a>, attorney, ACLU of Illinois <br>
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<a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=0e4b1477ef&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Bill Frievogel</strong></a>, professor, School of Journalism of Southern Illinois University <br>
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<strong>Check out previous coverage of this issue</strong><br>
<div style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=99042ad9b9&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>TAKEN: Despite reforms, burden still heavy on owners of seized property</strong></a></span><br>
By Karen Liu and Pam Dempsey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting; June 10, 2019<br>
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<span style="font-size:15px;"><a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=8357bff8fe&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Taken: Reforms to state civil forfeiture laws still lag, critics say</strong></a></span><br>
By Karen Liu and Pam Dempsey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting June 10, 2019<br>
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<a href="https://investigatemidwest.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2501014a07b984a4122577a30&id=a25a296463&e=b869de6edb" style="color:#ea5b3a;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;"><strong>See all coverage by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting</strong></span></a><br>
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