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Cases of Interest From the U.S. Supreme Court's 1997-98 Term

Loaded on Sept. 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News September, 1998, page 3
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Damages, Settlements, Parole, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Forfeiture, Immunity/Liability, Prosecutorial Immunity. Locations: California, Pennsylvania, Washington.
Forfeitures: In a federal criminal case the supreme court held that the Excessive Fines clause of the Eighth amendment prohibits "grossly disproportionate" forfeitures of funds. The court held that forfeitures are "fines'' if they are punishment for a crime. The underlying case involved a defendant convicted of taking $357,144 out ...

 

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