LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEIZE PROPERTY CONNECTED TO A CRIME UNLESS THERE IS A CONVICTION IN THE CASE. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SIGNED HOUSE BILL 560, PUTTING AN END TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION SAYS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. GESSING SAYS THERE IS STILL CRIMINAL FORFEITURE WHICH CAN ONLY HAPPEN AFTER A CONVICTION.
