• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think you need to read between the lines here. The designated person will be someone who will sell the guns for him and give him the money. I don’t like police forfeiture auctions either, but I don’t want this motherfucker making a dime.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t want this motherfucker making a dime

      Why not? Has he been convicted of a crime in a court of law, judged by a jury of his peers?

      (And for the record, I too am certain he’s guilty, but let’s keep the above in mind.)

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You’re right. I don’t think the state will give them up. There are any number of civil enforcement avenues it may proceed with to seize title to the guns, insofar as they are valuable. Writs of attachment, civil asset forfeiture, civil restitution. Son of Sam Laws, too.

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        1 year ago

        Son of Sam laws mostly deal with profiting from the crime you’re imprisoned for, there’s no evidence (that I’ve seen) that this guy used any of the guns in his serial murders.

        That being said, he’s on trial for murder, and doesn’t get to have guns. In the extremely unlikely event he’s found innocent, those guns will be returned, but until then, no. They stay in police custody.