COLUMBIA — Dan Viets, an attorney and counselor in Columbia, had a client in Franklin County whose home was raided after a misinformed marijuana tip. Police took her family Bible and pictures and her laptop. When her name was cleared a year later, she tried to get her property back, but police had lost the Bible, destroyed the pictures, and the sheriff was using the laptop as his own.
Panel discusses property seizure laws
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | 11:06 p.m. CDT
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