Head School Marm, Senator Hatch, has created another freedom buster bomb, the "VICTORY ACT" , and it is online at http://www.libertythink.com/VICTORYAct.pdf. Of course this act has as much to do with 'victory' as the PATRIOT ACT had to do with patriotism. Zilch. But what it does have is 52 references to 'forfeiture' (according to my computer search), including such jewels as this one: "SEC. 236. NON-ABATEMENT OF CRIMINAL FORFEITURE 14 WHEN DEFENDANT DIES PENDING APPEAL. 15 Section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 16 U.S.C. 853), as amended by sections 234 and 236, is fur- 17 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(r) NON-ABATEMENT OF FORFEITURE ORDER.— 19 An order of forfeiture that has been made part of a crimi- 20 nal sentence under this section shall not abate by reason 21 of the death thereafter of any or all of the defendants or 22 petitioners or potential petitioners, regardless of any ap- 23 peal that may be pending at the time of death.’’. 24 Makes sense. If forfeiture is to be the ultimate tool for fighting criminals, you can't let them get away just because they up and die on you! Leon ****************************************************** FEAR also offers an unmoderated discussion list and digests for all lists List unsubscribe: mailto:fear-list-request@mapinc.org?Body subscribe Swap to digest: mailto:owner-fear-list@mapinc.org?subject gest ******************************************************