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DOUGLAS COUNTY, OR - The Oregon State Police (OSP) is reporting that on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at approximately 12:10 P.M., OSP responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 101, near milepost 208, in Douglas County.
WILLIAMSBURG, KY - The Whitley County Sheriff's Department is reporting that on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, Deputies responded to I-75 at mile point 15 for a collision.
SOS Adams celebrated the new law at Governor Beshear’s weekly press conference.
FRANKFORT, KY – Senate Bill 79, the Safe at Home Act to protect domestic violence survivors, took effect Thursday. Sponsored by Senator Julie Raque Adams (R-Louisville), this law bolsters the Secretary of State’s Address Confidentiality Program by allowing those fleeing domestic abuse to shield their new addresses from public record without having to obtain a court order, and to mask their addresses on publicly available government records, beyond just the voter rolls.
LANE COUNTY, OR - On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at approximately 12:10 P.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on HWY 101, near milepost 208, in Lane County.
“Delay is one of the Government’s most potent Weapons in Civil Forfeiture Cases,” said IJ Attorney Rob Johnson
Gerardo Serrano is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept his case, which deals with granting prompt hearings after a person’s vehicle is seized by the government. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency seized and held his truck for over two years never granting him a hearing to fight to get his vehicle back or justifying the seizure. (Photos courtesy of the Institute for Justice www.ij.org.)
Dan King · June 29, 2023
ARLINGTON, VA —Today, June 29, 2023, two victims of civil forfeiture joined with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file an amicus brief in a case before the United States Supreme Court, urging the court to rule that forfeiture victims have a right to a prompt hearing after police seize their property. Civil forfeiture is the system through which law enforcement can take an individual’s property without ever charging them with a crime.
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