Landmark Trial In IN

An Indiana man, who pled guilty to selling heroin, is challenging the state’s civil forfeiture process after the government seized his vehicle, which was worth more than the maximum fine for his crime. Attorneys for Tyson Timbs and the state of Indiana will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28 whether the Eighth Amendment protection from “excessive fines” applies to civil forfeitures at the state level.