I also have beefs with the way HN works but I think the easier explanation here is that this isn&#x27;t especially interesting because it&#x27;s decades old, it&#x27;s somewhat political which lots of HN users don&#x27;t like on HN, and it doesn&#x27;t really provide anything new. The only reason this article exists is because a state got rid of civil asset forfeiture before a conviction a few days ago. So there should really just be a link to that article, which I believe there was days ago.