NEW MEXICO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES APPARENTLY AREN’T COMPLYING WITH A STATE LAW BANNING CIVIL FORFEITURE. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT, ACCORDING TO RECORDS, NO AGENCY HAS POSTED ITS FORFEITURES TO THE STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, SINCE 2015. THAT WAS THE YEAR NEW MEXICO BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO END THE PRACTICE OF SEIZING PROPERTY OF PEOPLE WHO’D BEEN ACCUSED OF A CRIME, BUT NOT CONVICTED.
THIRTEEN STATES LATER FOLLOWED NEW MEXICO’S LEAD.
