Obama signs executive order allowing government to seize hackers assets
Asset forfeiture is one of the most heinous violations of people's rights that has come out of the drug war.<p>One of the effects of this is that it denies the accused the ability to defend themselves by making them immediately destitute and thus unable to afford good legal advice... which results in them being more likely to take bad plea deals etc.<p>Worse, it is corrosive-- many police departments seize millions of dollars a year which they then use on toys for themselves.<p>Thus it provides a financial incentive for corruption, and denies due process.   Part of the corruption this creates is that if one tried to undo this law, those who abuse it have millions to spend on propaganda claiming that it would "Deny understaffed police agencies from millions they desperately need".<p>Not to mention, executive orders bypass the legislative process and I am not aware of any authorization for them in the constitution.