[Peace-discuss] Fw: SAVE THE DATE: Taken in the Heartland: A Conversation about Civil Asset Forfeiture

[Dianna Visek]

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   Put the evening of Monday, September 16, 2019 on your calendar  
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SAVE THE DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 6:30 PM
 
Taken in the Heartland:
A Conversation about Civil Asset Forfeiture
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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.

Getting it back? Well, that's a whole different story.
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|  Pontoon Beach Police Department on June 2, 2019. 
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Taken in the Heartland:
A Conversation about Civil Asset Forfeiture

Monday, September 16, 2019
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Champaign Public Library
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.

Tickets are free, but RSVP is requested through Eventbrite

Light refreshments provided. 

Panelists 

Ben Rudell, attorney, ACLU of Illinois 

Stephen Komie, attorney, Komie and Associates 

Bill Frievogel, professor, School of Journalism of Southern Illinois University 


Moderator 

Brant Houston, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois 
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|  Check out  previous coverage of this issue
 TAKEN: Despite reforms, burden still heavy on owners of seized property
By Karen Liu and Pam Dempsey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting; June 10, 2019


Taken: Reforms to state civil forfeiture laws still lag, critics say
By Karen Liu and Pam Dempsey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting June 10, 2019

See all coverage by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

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Illinois Humanities


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Knight Chair Of Investigative Reporting, Journalism Department At The College Of Media, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


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