Cops can seize Oregon woman’s $354k home following meth dealing conviction

This allows for the legal argument to seize the house of corrupt politicians and police officers. It also allows for the seizing of businesses from their owners and boards when their practices lead to economic crises.<p>It will however not going to be interpreted by lawyers and regulators as such. Because a politician, police officer, businessman, corporation all are more of a person in the eyes of law, compared to a simpleton woman charged with distribution.<p>The rule of the law does not exist.

The background of the story:<p>Woman crushed by her government and society driven to crime to survive, then taken for all she&#x27;s worth.<p>Meanwhile the Sackler&#x27;s opiate corporation hasn&#x27;t been seized.<p>Also, what happens to the mortgage? Does the state pay it off? I doubt the house was paid off. Is the mortgage secured by the house?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oregonlive.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2020&#x2F;02&#x2F;a-62-year-old-sold-meth-in-oregon-will-the-cops-be-able-to-take-her-home.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oregonlive.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2020&#x2F;02&#x2F;a-62-year-old-sold-m...</a>

She should have taken the plea deal. She wouldn’t have been able to afford to keep this property were it not for her illegal activities. Prosecutors offered to allow her to sell the house and keep most of the proceeds but she declined. She could have thrown all the proceeds into an investment account and let it grow for six years while she was in prison. She could have left prison with several hundred thousand and restarted her life.<p>Instead she’ll keep racking up attorney fees fighting this forfeiture and likely lose in the end anyway.