1-20-2010 Alabama:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Adults using a computer to solicit a juvenile for sexual activity could find themselves without a home, car or computer.
The Alabama House voted 95-0 to pass a bill by Democratic Rep. Ken Guin of Carbon Hill that allows authorities to confiscate the property of a person convicted of using a computer to lure a young person to meet for sexual reasons. An exception is the house, car or other property can't be confiscated if it is needed by a spouse or child who did not know the computer was being used to solicit a child.
The bill was originally sponsored by Democratic Rep. Lea Fite of Jacksonville. Fite died of a heart attack in October. The bill was named the Lea Fite Child Protection Act. ..Source.. WHNT19News
January 20, 2010
Ala. House passes bill to seize property of sex offenders who use computer to lure victims
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As seizure laws go, this could be a lot worse. Often, especially in the case of drug crimes, a conviction (or even a charge) isn't necessary and it's hard to get your property back in those cases. And it doesn't matter if the wife was a half owner. Seizures are being counted on more and more as a source of funding by governmental agencies (including those who actually do the seizing).
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