Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Vandalia: 1  Kaskaskia College (about 29 miles; Centralia, IL; Full-time enrollment: 3,867). 2  McKendree University (about 46 miles; Lebanon, IL; FT enrollment: 2,564). 3  Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (about 50 miles; Edwardsville, IL; FT enrollment: 11,933).
Senior Attorney. Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgetsâall without so much as charging you with a crime.ith civil forfeiture, your property is guilty until you prove it innocent. Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture chronicles how state and federal laws leave innocent property owners vulnerable to forfeiture abuse and encourage law enforcement to take property to boost their budgets.
There is a procedure, called remission of forfeiture, which allows a person who posted bail to apply for it to be returned if it has been forfeited. Some people hire a lawyer to do this, but you can do it on your own if you cannot afford a lawyer. Keep in mind that there is a strict deadline for a remission of forfeiture application: you must apply within one year of the date that the court ordered the bail forfeited. If the bail was forfeited in Supreme Court (a felony case), the application must be made to the court that issued the forfeiture order. If it happened in Criminal Court (a misdemeanor case), the application is made to a Supreme Court judge in that county. An application for remission of bail must be made in writing.