Institute for Justice Will Appeal Ruling in Challenge to Indiana's System of Contingency Fee Forfeitures
February 09, 2024
February 09, 2024
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024:
Yesterday afternoon, Judge James R. Sweeney II of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana rejected a class-action challenge to Indiana's system of for-profit prosecutors. Unlike every other state in the nation, Indiana farms out civil-forfeiture prosecutions to private lawyers on a contingency-fee basis. By design, the arrangement gives the private prosecu . . .
Yesterday afternoon, Judge James R. Sweeney II of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana rejected a class-action challenge to Indiana's system of for-profit prosecutors. Unlike every other state in the nation, Indiana farms out civil-forfeiture prosecutions to private lawyers on a contingency-fee basis. By design, the arrangement gives the private prosecu . . .