Professor Chin Comments on Asset Forfeiture for Daily Journal

Professor Gabriel "Jack" Chin commented for the Daily Journal on the benefits and risks of law enforcement asset forfeiture programs.  Seizing property and assets derived from or involved in criminal activity can arouse suspicion when agencies that seize assets benefit financially, but forfeiture remains an important tool for law enforcement, Chin said. 

"It's a tremendously effective mechanism for criminal law enforcement," Chin said. "It's effective because people commit crimes in many cases for purposes of financial gain, and if they don't get the money, they don't get the benefit."

Gabriel "Jack" Chin, who joined the King Hall faculty in 2011, is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.