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marcosdumay 2 days ago

The most prominent feature of the US asset forfeiture isn't that it's ruled by bench trial.

esbranson 2 days ago | parent [-]

Is it the standard of proof?

Preponderance (US), Balance of Probabilities (CA, UK, Ireland, SG, AU, NZ, PH, SA, NG), extinción de dominio (MX, CO, BR)?

marcosdumay 2 days ago | parent [-]

It is that the asset can be forfeit before a judicial decision. And as a second, that there is no requirement to involve the asset owner in a judicial proceeding.

Civil forfeiture is a hot topic all over the world. But the US has Executive forfeiture in practice.

esbranson a day ago | parent [-]

> in practice

One of the differences is that the US has PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), that in practice we have a clue. Since the 80s. It adds up.