News Roundup

• Fox News has a rundown of recent reform activity.
• The Riverfront Times highlights the battle to reform Missouri's asset forfeiture system.
• Cronkite News has info on a recent GAO report on asset forfeiture. The report details growth in the federal asset forfeiture program over the past decade.
• Lawyers in Nigeria are pressing to redirect forfeiture income away from the government and towards the victims of crime.
• A committee of lawmakers in Wyoming would like to overhaul their state's forfeiture laws. One bill would eliminate civil asset forfeiture completely, while a second would increase the civil statute's standard of proof to clear and convincing evidence and limit law enforcement's take in the process.
• The battle continues over the Department of Justice's decision to freeze more than a million dollars in forfeiture proceeds due to the Alamance County Sheriff's Department. The freeze is related to a federal lawsuit filed against the department in 2012 alleging that the department discriminates against latinos.The department received more than $1.8 million in equitable sharing payments between 2000 and when payments were frozen in 2012
• Officials in Madison County, Illinois have apparently lost a car forfeit after its owner was arrested for driving under the influence. 
• A Minnesota couple is challenging the seizure of $48,000 in cash by police in Iowa City, Iowa. The seizure reportedly occurred at the behest of the DEA as part of an ongoing investigation.