.Gov attempts to seize camp zoe - no due process
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/11/camp_zoe_site_of_schwagstock_f.php
Thought this would be a good story for Freedom Watch. There's also a facebook group to support the land owner
13 comments
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Peace and Love
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ZOE has been a gift of Heaven to all ofus that share it....
There is a reason for everything....We are allone in our Love of ZOE and proud to be a part of it -
schwagaholic
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Please help us save our land and our home. we all love this place soooo much and want to see it survive.
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Danielle
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Love, Peace, Zoe♥ We will live on throught the music. It will take is there.
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Danielle
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Love, Peace, Zoe♥ We will live on throught the music. It will take is there.
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Josh Carter
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Chris, get your facts straight. The federal government is only required to show a "preponderance of evidence" that this property was used in a crime--they don't even have to prove that a crime was committed, much less "beyond a reasonable doubt".
This is akin to the federal government suing Camp Zoe, as opposed to them being prosecuted for any crime, which is an affront to due process in a free society. If this is what you think of as "due process", you would feel more politically comfortable in China.
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will krzeszinski
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Wasting money on a war on drugs is just as justified as sending police after religious groups for spreading ignorance. That doesn't happen. And I'm not saying it should.
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chris
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That's what the hearing if for is to prove the case or not depending on the evidence.
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Ryan C. Underwood commented
Chris, you're a dope. Due process, in all of Western legal tradition, means "innocent until proven guilty". Asset forfeiture is not "due process" just because a government court and police is carrying it out and calling it that.
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Denny
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Chris, you are correct. I made this post in haste while reading some commentary elsewhere and somehow that got into the title here. Regardless, this is still an issue I would like to see Judge Napolitano cover on Freedom Watch.
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matthew esmar
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leave zoe alone and go bust a meth lab.
there's plenty of them in that part of mo. -
Lana Mae
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Free Camp Zoe!!!
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chris
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Get your facts straight. No seizure will take place before Jimmy and his attorney has had an opportunity to put their case before a Federal judge. Even if the ruling goes against him, the seizure order will likely be stayed while the matter is on appeal. Both of these opportunities are what is meant by "due process."
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Theresa Friel
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Save camp zoe!