Utah Made It Easier For Cops To Seize Innocent People's Property. And Not A Single Lawmaker Voted Against It

Take the state’s new statute on attorney’s fees.  Previously, state law provided that “the court shall award a prevailing party reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs of litigation reasonably incurred by the owner.”  So if an owner won a civil forfeiture case, the government would have to pay for his or her legal expenses. But HB 384 replaced “shall” with “may.”