Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, discusses civil asset forfeiture and federal equitable sharing programs in North Carolina. Guze offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Jon Guze discusses N.C. civil asset forfeiture and equitable sharing
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